flagellate
11flagellate protozoan — noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals • Syn: ↑flagellate, ↑flagellated protozoan, ↑mastigophoran, ↑mastigophore • Derivationally related forms: ↑flagellate… …
12flagellate diarrhea — diarrhea containing flagellate organisms such as Giardia …
13flagellate dysentery — protozoal dysentery caused by a flagellate organism, such as Giardia lamblia or Trichomonas …
14flagellate — adj. [L. flagellum, whip] 1. Having flagella or whip like structures. 2. Having a lash like appendage as the terminal part of an antenna …
15flagellate — flagellator, n. flagellatory /flaj euh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. v. /flaj euh layt /; adj., n. /flaj euh lit, layt /, v., flagellated, flagellating, adj., n. v.t. 1. to whip; scourge; flog; lash. adj. 2. Also, flagellated. Biol. having… …
16flagellate — 1. verb To whip or scourge. 2. adjective a) Resembling a whip. b) Having flagella. 3. noun Any organism that has f …
17flagellate — Synonyms and related words: baste, bastinado, beat, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, cane, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, drub, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, hide, horsewhip, knout, lace, larrup, lash, lay on, pistol whip,… …
18flagellate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. whip, flog (see punishment). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. whip, flog, lash; see beat 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. flog, lash. see whip …
19flagellate — fla|gel|late [ˈflædʒıleıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: flagellum whip ] to whip yourself or someone else, especially as a religious punishment >flagellation [ˌflædʒıˈleıʃən] n [U] …
20flagellate — flag·el·late || flædÊ’leɪt v. beat with a whip, flog adj. having whip like parts (Biology); sending out runners or creepers (Botany) …
