what does flagellate mean?
FLAGELLATE as NOUN
- Meaning
- usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages
- some pathogens of humans and other animals
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Hypernyms(s) flagellate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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FLAGELLATE as VERB
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- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
Hypernyms(s) flagellate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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FLAGELLATE as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- having or resembling a flagellum or flagella
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