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Flagellum
‖
Fla-gel′lum
,Noun.
pl. E.
Flagellums
(#)
, L. Flagella
(#)
. [L., a whip. See ]
Flagellate
, Verb.
T.
1.
(Bot.)
A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A long, whiplike cilium. See
Flagellata
. (b)
An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.
(c)
A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See
Maxilliped
. Definition 2024
flagellum
flagellum
English
Noun
flagellum (plural flagella or flagellums or flagellae)
- (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
- (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
- A whip
Synonyms
Translations
long whiplike organelle
long whiplike appendage
whip — see whip
Latin
Etymology
From flagrum (“scourge, whip”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /flaˈɡel.lum/
Noun
flagellum n (genitive flagellī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flagellum | flagella |
| genitive | flagellī | flagellōrum |
| dative | flagellō | flagellīs |
| accusative | flagellum | flagella |
| ablative | flagellō | flagellīs |
| vocative | flagellum | flagella |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- flagellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- flagellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FLAGELLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “flagellum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.