Flagellum Synonyms

flə-jĕləm
A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scourge

Words Related to Flagellum

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. cilium
  2. notochord
  3. ciliated
  4. centriole
  5. filamentous
  6. pseudopodium
  7. ciliate
  8. Tetrahymena
  9. zooid

Flagellum Sentence Examples

  • The anterior flagellum is longer than the free part of the posterior one.

  • The head of an ant carries a pair of elbowed feelers, each consisting of a minute basal and an elongate second segment, forming the stalk or "scape," while from eight to eleven short segments make up the terminal "flagellum."

  • The multiplication of thongs for purposes of flogging is found in the old Roman flagellum, a scourge, which had sometimes three thongs with bone or bronze knots fastened to them.

  • The result of cleavage in all cases is a typical blastula, which when set free becomes oval and develops a flagellum to each cell, but when not set free, it remains spherical in form and has no flagella.

  • B, Anterior end of Euglena showing the flagellum with its swelling just in the hollow of the eye-spot.

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