flagellate
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flagellate¹
- /ˈflæ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/ US
Rhymes with -æd͡ʒəleɪt
Where it comes from
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flagellō (“to whip, flog”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb flagellates · flagellating · flagellated
- To whip or scourge. Red welts rising from a flagellated back
- To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
- Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.
flagellate²
- /fləˈd͡ʒɛ.lət/ US
Rhymes with -ɛlət
Where it comes from
First attested in 1867; from flagellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) as well as Latin flagellum + -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
adjective more flagellate · most flagellate
- Resembling a whip.
- Having flagella.
noun flagellates
- Any organism that has flagella.
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verb 2. (transitive) To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
| Español | flagelar |
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adj biology: having flagella
| Русский | жгу́тиковый žgútikovyj |
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noun organism with flagella
| 中文 | 鞭毛蟲 /鞭毛虫 biānmáochóng |
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| Deutsch | Geißeltierchen |
| Italiano | flagellato |
| Русский | жгутиконо́сец žgutikonósec |
| Tiếng Việt | trùng roi |
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title = {flagellate},
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