flagellate
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-rós Latin flagrum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flagellō (“to whip, flog”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- borrowed from flagellātus
Definitions
To whip or scourge.
- Red welts rising from a flagellated back
To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.
- The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.
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Resembling a whip.
Having flagella.
Any organism that has flagella.
The neighborhood
- neighborflagellum
Derived
aflagellate, amoeboflagellate, biflagellate, choanoflagellate, dinoflagellate, flagellation, flagellative, flagellator, haemoflagellate, helioflagellate, hemoflagellate, hexadecaflagellate, microflagellate, monoflagellate, multiflagellate, myxoflagellate, nanoflagellate, nonflagellate, phytoflagellate, picoflagellate, quadriflagellate, rhizoflagellate, silicoflagellate, triflagellate, uniflagellate, zooflagellate
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