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flagelliform

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fla·gel·li·form  (fl-jl-fôrm)
adj.
Long, thin, and tapering; whip-shaped: flagelliform appendages.
[Latin flagellum, little whip; see flagellum + -form.]
flagelliform [fləˈdʒɛlɪˌfɔːm]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) slender, tapering, and whiplike, as the antennae of certain insects
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The repeated sections of amino acids in dragline silk, for example, differ from the sequence of amino acids in flagelliform silk, the superelastic thread used in the spiral section of the web.
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