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Definition of flagellum

Flagellum
Flagellum Fla*gel"lum, n.; pl. E. Flagellums, L. Flagella. [L., a whip. See Flagellate, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antenn[ae] and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.

Meaning of flagellum from wikipedia

- A flagellum (/fləˈdʒɛləm/; pl.: flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells...
- Masticophis flagellum flagellum, commonly known as the Eastern coachwhip, is a subspecies of M. flagellum, a nonvenomous, colubrid snake, endemic to the...
- Masticophis flagellum is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, commonly referred to as the coachwhip or the whip snake, which is endemic to the United...
- competing groups of models for the evolutionary origin of the eukaryotic flagellum (referred to as cilium below to distinguish it from its bacterial counterpart)...
- Attila (/əˈtɪlə/ ə-TIL-ə or /ˈætɪlə/ AT-il-ə; fl. c. 406–453), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death, in...
- Calamus flagellum is an Asian species of tropical forest rattan liana in the family Arecaceae, with a native range from ****am to southern China and Indo-China...
- S. ampullaceus Binomial name Saccopharynx ampullaceus Harwood, 1827 Synonyms Saccopharynx flagellum Ophiognathus ampullaceus Leptocephalus latissimus...
- The little whip snake (Suta flagellum), also known commonly as the whip hooded snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species...
- smaller, male one). Animals produce motile sperm with a tail known as a flagellum, which are known as ****tozoa, while some red algae and fungi produce...
- Autographa flagellum, the silver whip, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in North...