flagellates – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
flagellate
v.
beat with a whip, flog
Flagellate
A
flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like organelles called
flagella. The word
flagellate also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many
protists (
eukaryotic organisms) and their means of motion. The term presently does not imply any specific relationship or classification of the organisms that possess flagellae. However, the term "flagellate" is included in other terms (such as "
dinoflagellate" and "
choanoflagellata") which are more formally characterized.
flagellate
Noun
1. usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
(synonym) flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore
(hypernym) protozoan, protozoon
(hyponym) dinoflagellate
(member-holonym) Mastigophora, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata
Verb
1. whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
(synonym) scourge
(hypernym) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
(derivation) scourge, flagellum
Adjective
1. having or resembling a flagellum or flagella
(synonym) flagellated, whiplike
(pertainym) flagellum
flagellat
adj.
flagellate, having whip-like parts (Biology); sending out runners or creepers (Botany)
flageller
v.
flagellate, whip, flog
