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1. (v.t.) flagellate
to whip; scourge.
2. flagellate
to punish or berate as if with a whip.
3. (adj.) flagellate
Also, flagel&syl;lated.Biol. having flagella.
4. flagellate
Bot. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
5. flagellate
pertaining to or caused by flagellates.
6. (n.) flagellate
any protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.
Etymology: (1615–25; < L flagellātus, ptp. of flagellāre to whip. See flagellum , -ate1)
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1. (adj) flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore
a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
2. (verb) flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash-like
having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
3. (verb) flagellate, scourge
whip
"The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
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1. (adj) flagellate
flagelliform
2. (adj) flagellate
of or pertaining to the Flagellata
3. (verb) flagellate
to whip; to scourge; to flog
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