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/flˈædʒɪlˌeɪt/
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[ US /ˈfɫædʒəˌɫeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫædʒəˌɫeɪt/ ]
NOUN
- a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
VERB
-
whip
The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
ADJECTIVE
- having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
How To Use flagellate In A Sentence
- The green flagellates known as ‘the volvocine algae’ constitute a happy exception to this general rule.
- It isnt my fault it went over your head because you are too stupid to know what a dinoflagellate is Think Progress » Tancredo says Obama won because we lack a ‘literacy test before people can vote in this country.’
- Figure 1.6 shows a flagellate protozoan and a flagellar pocket in detail (open arrow).
- He pulled a test tube, containing the Sangre de Dios dinoflagellate DNA pellet, out of a padded box. MINUTES TO BURN
- As if she could ever think of any reason to flagellate herself by revisiting that house. BAD MEDICINE
- We have precursors: modern choanoflagellates show that protists can find selective advantage in transient assemblies, colonial organisms show the virtues of more permanent arrangements, and creatures like sponges exhibit cooperativity and specialization in internal function. Planet Atheism
- Each gametangium yields two morphologically isogamous nonflagellated gametes with anisogamous behavior.
- The normal microbiota in this anoxic environment are composed of bacteria, ciliate and flagellate protozoa, and anaerobic chytridiomycete fungi.
- Ciguatera poisoning from fish is caused by a neurotoxin (ciguatoxin) present in the dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus. 13 The toxin is passed through the food chain and becomes concentrated in larger fish (greater thanthree kilograms) such as the kingfish and the sturgeon. Fish poisonings and envenomations
- Left, Shiite Muslims flagellated themselves during a Muharram procession in Amroha, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday. India Observes Muharram