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flagellum

[ US /fɫəˈdʒɛɫəm/ ]
[ UK /flɐd‍ʒˈɛləm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
  2. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

How To Use flagellum In A Sentence

  • _worker_ subovate and much wider; _eyes_ small, ovate and placed about the middle at the sides of the head; _antennæ_ geniculated, the scape about two thirds of the length of the flagellum which is clavate, the club three-jointed; the _mandibles_ stout and dentate; the _labial palpi_ 3-jointed; the _maxillary palpi_ 4-jointed. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
  • Close to the middle of the front of the euglena is a long skinny whip like structure called the flagellum which comes out of the organ called the mouth. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Reddish yellow, smooth, and shining; the face testaceous, with slight fuscous stains; the scape and two or three of the basal joints of the flagellum yellow in front; the wings hyaline, with a yellowish tinge; the nervures black, except the costal nervure, which is ferruginous towards the base, the apex of the wings slightly clouded; the posterior tibiæ fuscous above. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
  • The shear angle is the angle of intersection between the tangent to the waveform at position s and the tangent to the waveform at the base of the flagellum.
  • In _Finding Darwin's God_ he writes: "Before [Darwinian] evolution is excoriated for failing to explain the evolution of the flagellum, I'd request that the scientific community at least be allowed to figure out how its various parts work. Behe and Gene discuss the Evolution of the Flagellum
  • The cell body is actually a cylinder capped at both ends by hemispheres and the radius of the flagellum helix is smaller than that of the cell body.
  • RESULTS: We report here an exhaustive phylogenomic analysis of the components of the archaeal flagellum. Current Biology on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb
  • _worker_ subovate and much wider; _eyes_ small, ovate and placed about the middle at the sides of the head; _antennæ_ geniculated, the scape about two thirds of the length of the flagellum which is clavate, the club three-jointed; the _mandibles_ stout and dentate; the _labial palpi_ 3-jointed; the _maxillary palpi_ 4-jointed. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
  • We posit that * once set in motion* the same forces that generated diverse forms of dogginess, when coupled with the vast resources of time such as that which carved the grand canyon, can yield the flagellum and far more. Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It?
  • One flagellum and most of the body of the penetrating microgamete had entered the macrogamete.
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