flagelliform

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fla·gel·li·form

(flə-jĕl′ə-fôrm′)

adj.

Long, thin, and tapering; whip-shaped: flagelliform appendages.

[Latin flagellum, little whip; see flagellum + -form.]

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flagelliform

(fləˈdʒɛlɪˌfɔːm)

adj

(Biology) slender, tapering, and whiplike, as the antennae of certain insects

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Translations

fla·gel·li·form

n. flageliforme, en forma de látigo.

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The diagnostic characters of Eremulus are (data summarized from descriptions of species): costulae well developed and visible; rostrum rounded; sensilli flagelliform, rarely spindle-shaped (exceptionally with small sensillar head); anterior part of notogaster with transverse foveolate band; 10 to 11 pairs of notogastral setae; anal and adanal setae simple; epimeral setae branched (1c often setiform); genital and aggenital setae branched (exceptionally setiform).

Oribatid mites of the genus Eremulus Berlese, 1908 (Acari: Oribatida: Eremulidae) from south Africa

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A new genus and species of oriental Colobathristidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with a key to eastern hemisphere genera and morphological and functional considerations

and Lewis, R.V., 1998, "Evidence from flagelliform silk cDNA for the structural basis of elasticity and modular nature of spider silk," J.

The effect of [alpha]-chymotrypsin on some properties of silk fibroin: comparison between Thai Sumrong (B. mori) and Eri (Samia ricini) silks

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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In comparison, the capture spiral, produced by the Flagelliform glands, exhibits a low Young modulus, but is exceptionally extensible.