Flagellum

/fləˈd͡ʒɛləm/

Synonyms for "flagellum" (102 found)

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animal fiberartificial fiberasterbasal bodybelt bine blacksnake bough branch branchedness branchiness bullwhack bullwhip burgeon capillament catcell membranecentral apparatuscentral bodycentriole

Noun(1 words)

axonemal flagellum

Strong matches (30)

centroplasm centrosome centrosphere chloroplast chromoplast cilia cilium cirrus cobweb cowhide crop cytocentrum deadwood denier fiber fibrilla filament filamentule flagella fork

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frondgolgi apparatusgossamer hair hank horsewhip kinoplasm knout kurbash

Noun(1 words)

eukaryotic motile filament

Related words (51)

lash limb microbody microcentrum mitochondrion offshoot pili plasmodesmata plastid plastosome quirt ramage ramification rawhiderazor strapribosome runner sarment scion scourge

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shoot sjambok skein slip spear spherosomespindle fibersspray sprig sprit sprout stolon strand strap sucker suture switch tendril thallus thong thread threadlet twig vacuole web whip whiplash

Noun(4 words)

locomotor flagellummotile filamentpropeller filamentscourge

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More general

5 entries

appendage organelle outgrowth process whip

More specific

4 entries

peritrichous flagellumpolar flagellumprotozoan flagellumsperm flagellum

Collocations

6 entries

bacterial flagellumeukaryotic flagellumflagellar filamentflagellar motorpolar flagellumsperm flagellum

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

flagellar flagellate flagellating flagellation flagellin

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