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flagellum

noun
/fləˈd͡ʒɛləm/

Etymology

From Latin flagellum (“whip”), diminutive of flagrum.

  1. borrowed from flagellum

Definitions

  1. In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.

  2. In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.

  3. A whip.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at flagellum. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at flagellum. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at flagellum

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA