Flagellum

[flə'dʒeləm] or [flə'dʒɛləm]

(noun.) a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa).

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(v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

(v. t.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.

(v. t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.

(v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.

Editor: Margaret