flagellate

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: flagellate

1	v adj	whip having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
2	n	a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: flagellate

“The religious fanatics flagellated themselves”

Type of:: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
beat severely with a whip or rod

Synonyms:: flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; dinoflagellate
chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton; Leishmania, genus 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 necatrix, costia
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; Noctiluca miliaris, noctiluca
large bioluminescent marine protozoan; peridinian
flagellate with a thick test composed of plates

Type of:: protozoan, protozoon
any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

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