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flagella

fla·gel·la
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fluh-jel-uh]
    • /fləˈdʒɛl ə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fluh-jel-uh]
    • /fləˈdʒɛl ə/

Definitions of flagella word

  • noun flagella a plural of flagellum. 1
  • noun plural flagella Biology. a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc. 1
  • noun plural flagella Botany. a runner. 1
  • noun plural flagella Also called clavola. Entomology. (in an antenna) the whiplike portion above the basal joints. 1
  • noun plural flagella a whip or lash. 1
  • noun flagella Plural form of flagellum. 1
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Origin of flagella

First appearance:

before 1800
One of the 42% newest English words
1800-10; < Latin: whip, lash, diminutive of flagrum a whip, scourge

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Parts of speech for Flagella

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flagella popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • biflagellate

    having two flagella

  • cilia

    the eyelashes

  • cryptomonad

    any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.

  • dinoflagellate

    any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, the order Dinoflagellata), usually having two flagella, one in a groove around the body and the other extending from its center.

  • monad

    Biology. any simple, single-celled organism. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
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