FLAGELLATE

flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash-like

(adjective) having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

(noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

flagellate, scourge

(verb) whip; “The religious fanatics flagellated themselves”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)

(transitive) To whip or scourge.

Adjective

flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)

Resembling a whip.

(biology) Having flagella.

Noun

flagellate (plural flagellates)

(biology) Any organism that has flagella.

Source: Wiktionary

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Flag"el*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flagellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating.] Etym: [L. flagellatus, p.p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.]

Definition: To whip; to scourge; to flog.

Fla*gel"late, a.

1. Flagelliform.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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