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flag·el·late  (flj-lt)

tr.v. flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing, flag·el·lates

1. To whip or flog; scourge.

2. To punish or impel as if by whipping.

adj. (-lt, -lt, fl-jlt)

1. Biology Flagellated.

2. Resembling or having the form of a flagellum; whiplike.

3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

n. (-lt, -lt, fl-jlt)

An organism, such as a euglena, that is equipped with a flagellum.

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[Latin flagellre, flagellt-, to whip, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum, whip.]

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flagellate

Verb

[flaj-a-late, flaj-a-lit] [-lating, -lated]

to whip, esp. in religious penance or for sexual pleasure

Adjective

1. possessing one or more flagella

2. like a whip [Latin flagellare to whip]

flagellation n

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flagellate  (flj-lt)

Any of various protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that move by means of one or more flagella. Some flagellates can make food by photosynthesis (such as euglenas and volvox), and are often classified as green algae by botanists. Others are symbiotic or parasitic (such as trypanosomes). Flagellates are related to amoebas. Also called mastigophoran.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flagellate - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora - protozoa having flagella dinoflagellate - chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton genus Leishmania, Leishmania - flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis zooflagellate, zoomastigote - flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics hypermastigote - flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites polymastigote - flagellates with several flagella costia, Costia necatrix - a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis giardia - a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans trichomonad - cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
Verb	1.	flagellate - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" scourge flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
Adj.	1.	flagellate - having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) flagellated, lash-like, whiplike