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flagellum Definition


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flagellum
noun flagella
    1. biol.
      The long whip-like structure that projects from the cell surface of sperm, and certain bacteria, unicellular algae and protozoans, used to propel the cell through a liquid medium.
    2. bot.
      A long thin runner or creeping shoot.
Etymology: 19c: Latin, meaning ‘a small whip', from flagrum a whip.



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