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flagellates

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˌflædʒ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
    • /ˈflædʒ.ə.leɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˌflædʒ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

Definition of flagellates word

  • noun flagellates Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flagellate. 1

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Parts of speech for Flagellates

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

flagellates popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for flagellates

verb flagellates

  • whips — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • beats — Plural form of beat.
  • spanks — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
  • tans — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.

noun flagellates

  • paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
  • euglenas — Plural form of euglena.
  • plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
  • ciliates — Plural form of ciliate.

Top questions with flagellates

  • what is true of flagellates?
  • what are flagellates?
  • where are flagellates found?
  • what do flagellates eat?
  • where do flagellates live?

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