Synonyms for "flagellum" (99 found)

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Closest matches (20)

ciliumscourgewhipanimal fiberartificial fiberasterbasal bodybeltbineblacksnakeboughbranchbranchednessbranchinessbullwhackbullwhipburgeoncapillamentcatcell membrane

Strong matches (30)

central apparatuscentral bodycentriolecentroplasmcentrosomecentrospherechloroplastchromoplastciliacirruscobwebcowhidecropcytocentrumdeadwooddenierfiberfibrillafilamentfilamentule

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flagellaforkfrondgolgi apparatusgossamerhairhankhorsewhipkinoplasm

Noun(1 words)

cilium

Related words (49)

knoutkurbashlashlimbmicrobodymicrocentrummitochondrionoffshootpiliplasmodesmataplastidplastosomequirtramageramificationrawhiderazor strapribosomerunnersarment

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scionshootsjambokskeinslipspearspherosomespindle fibersspraysprigspritsproutstolonstrandstrapsuckersutureswitchtendrilthallusthongthreadthreadlettwigvacuolewebwhiplash

Noun(2 words)

scourgewhip

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

appendageoutgrowthprocesswhip

Synonyms

3 entries

ciliumscourgewhip

derived

6 entries

basiflagellumdistiflagellumendoflagellumflagellarflagelliferousflagellin

has context

1 entries

biology

is a

3 entries

anatomical structurelocomotor appendageprocess

part of

2 entries

eubacteriasperm

related to

9 entries

appendagebacteriafeedlocomotionmembraneorganelleproteinaceousprotistwhip

Translations

31 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

• سَوْط noun (long whiplike organelle)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• камшиче noun (long whiplike organelle)
• камшиче noun (long whiplike appendage)

Czech

1 entries

• bičík noun (long whiplike organelle)

Finnish

2 entries

• siima noun (long whiplike organelle)
• siima noun (long whiplike appendage)

French

2 entries

• flagelle noun (long whiplike organelle)
• flagelle noun (long whiplike appendage)

German

2 entries

• Flagellum noun (long whiplike organelle)
• Geißel noun (long whiplike organelle)

Greek

2 entries

• μαστίγιο noun (long whiplike organelle)
• μαστίγιο noun (long whiplike appendage)

Hungarian

1 entries

• ostor noun (long whiplike organelle)

Japanese

2 entries

• 鞭毛 noun (long whiplike organelle)
• 鞭毛 noun (long whiplike appendage)

Māori

2 entries

• hurunuku noun (long whiplike organelle)
• hurunuku noun (long whiplike appendage)

Persian

1 entries

• تاژک noun (long whiplike organelle)

Polish

2 entries

• biczyk noun (long whiplike organelle)
• wić noun (long whiplike appendage)

Russian

2 entries

• жгу́тик noun (long whiplike organelle)
• жгу́тик noun (long whiplike appendage)

Spanish

1 entries

• flagelo noun (long whiplike organelle)

Swedish

2 entries

• flagell noun (long whiplike organelle)
• flagell noun (long whiplike appendage)

Turkish

2 entries

• flagellum noun (long whiplike organelle)
• kamçı noun (long whiplike organelle)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• джгу́тик noun (long whiplike organelle)
• джгу́тик noun (long whiplike appendage)

Welsh

2 entries

• fflagelwm noun (long whiplike organelle)
• fflagelwm noun (long whiplike appendage)

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