flagellate
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(noun) usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals |
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Synonyms: flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore |
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Related Words: Costia necatrix, costia, dinoflagellate, giardia, hypermastigote, polymastigote, protozoan, protozoon, trichomonad, zooflagellate, zoomastigote |
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(verb) whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" |
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Synonyms: scourge |
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Related Words: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip |
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(adjective) having or resembling a flagellum or flagella |
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Synonyms: flagellated, whiplike |
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