Red welts rising from a flagellated back
Source: wiktionary
Flagellate
//ˈflæ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt//
Synonyms for "flagellate" (62 found)
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Related words (31)
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26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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5 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- камшичест adj (biology: having flagella)
- бичувам verb (to whip or scourge)
Catalan
2 entries- flagel·lar adj (biology: having flagella)
- flagel·lar verb (to whip or scourge)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鞭毛蟲 /鞭毛虫 noun (organism with flagella)
Esperanto
1 entries- skurĝi verb (to whip or scourge)
Finnish
4 entries- piiskamainen adj (resembling a whip)
- siima adj (biology: having flagella)
- siimaeliö noun (organism with flagella)
- piiskata verb (to whip or scourge)
German
1 entries- Geißeltierchen noun (organism with flagella)
Italian
2 entries- flagellato noun (organism with flagella)
- flagelare verb (to whip or scourge)
Latin
1 entries- flagellō verb (to whip or scourge)
Polish
4 entries- biczowy adj (resembling a whip)
- wiciowy adj (biology: having flagella)
- wiciowiec noun (organism with flagella)
- biczować verb (to whip or scourge)
Quechua
1 entries- asut'iy verb (to whip or scourge)
Russian
3 entries- жгу́тиковый adj (biology: having flagella)
- жгутиконо́сец noun (organism with flagella)
- поро́ть verb (to whip or scourge)
Spanish
1 entries- flagelar verb (to whip or scourge)
Swedish
3 entries- flagellera verb (to whip or scourge)
- gissla verb (to whip or scourge)
- piska verb (to whip or scourge)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trùng roi noun (organism with flagella)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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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