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Webster 1913 Edition


Flagellata

‖

Flagˊel-la′ta

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr.L.
flagellatus
,
p. p
.
See
Flagellate
,
Verb.
T.
]
(Zool.)
An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See
Infusoria
, and
Monad
.