Flagellate

/ˈflæ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/

Synonyms for "flagellate" (77 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Noun(1 words)

flagellated protozoan

amebic amoeba bacteria baste bastinado beat belabor belt birch buffet cane club cowhide cudgel cut

Strong matches (23)

drub flail flog fustigate germgive a whippinggive the stickhide horsewhip knout lace larrup lash lather

Noun(7 words)

flagellate groupflagellate protozoanflagellatedflagellated cellflog glide lash

Adjective(2 words)

flagellated lash-like

Related words (38)

lay onmaul microorganismpistol whippistol-whip pommel pummel rawhide scourge slash smite spank strap stripe swinge switch thrash thump trounce truncheon

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wallop whale whip whop

Noun(12 words)

mastigophora mastigophoran mastigophoremotile cellmotile protistmove propel protozoan scourge swim whip whiplike

Verb(1 words)

scourge

Adjective(1 words)

whiplike

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More general

18 entries

cell disciplineeukaryotic cellflog lash lather locomotion move organism protozoan protozoon punish slash strap trounceunicellular eukaryote

Showing 16 of 18 words.

More specific

12 entries

choanoflagellate dinoflagellate diplomonad euglena euglenid flog kinetoplastid lash scourge spermatozoon trypanosoma trypanosome

Collocations

14 entries

aquatic flagellatesflagellate bacteriaflagellate cellflagellate cellsflagellate locomotionflagellate movementflagellate organismsflagellate protistflagellate protistsflagellate protozoaflagellate protozoanflagellated cellflagellated cellsflagellated protozoan

Inflections

5 entries

flagellated flagellates flagellatingmore flagellatemost flagellate

Derivations

4 entries

flagellated flagellately flagellation flagellator

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Red welts rising from a flagellated back

Source: wiktionary

The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.

Source: wiktionary

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