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flimmer

noun
/ˈflɪmə(ɹ)/UK/ˈflɪmɚ/US

Etymology

From blend of flicker + glimmer.

  1. inherited from glimeren
  2. compounded as flimmer — “flicker + glimmer”

Definitions

  1. A flickering glimmer.

  2. One of the delicate lateral filaments typical of some flagella. (mastigoneme)

  3. To glimmer, flicker.

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