FLAGELLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flagellate mean?
• FLAGELLATE (noun)
The noun FLAGELLATE has 1 sense:
1. a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
Familiarity information: FLAGELLATE used as a noun is very rare.
• FLAGELLATE (adjective)
The adjective FLAGELLATE has 1 sense:
1. having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
Familiarity information: FLAGELLATE used as an adjective is very rare.
• FLAGELLATE (verb)
The verb FLAGELLATE has 1 sense:
1. whip
Familiarity information: FLAGELLATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLAGELLATE (noun)
Meaning:
A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore
Hypernyms ("flagellate" is a kind of...):
protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flagellate"):
dinoflagellate (chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton)
genus Leishmania; Leishmania (flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis)
zooflagellate; zoomastigote (flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics)
hypermastigote (flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites)
polymastigote (flagellates with several flagella)
costia; Costia necatrix (a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis)
giardia (a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans)
trichomonad (cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds)
Holonyms ("flagellate" is a member of...):
class Flagellata; class Mastigophora; Flagellata; Mastigophora (protozoa having flagella)
• FLAGELLATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
flagellate; flagellated; lash-like; whiplike
Pertainym:
flagellum (a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa))
• FLAGELLATE (verb)
Meaning:
Whip
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
flagellate; scourge
Context example:
The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
Hypernyms (to "flagellate" is one way to...):
flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)
Sentence frame:
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