flagellate

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I - noun

a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages;
some are pathogens of humans and other animals
• Syn:
flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore
• Derivationally related forms:
flagellum
• Hypernyms:
protozoan, protozoon
• Hyponyms:
dinoflagellate, Leishmania, genus Leishmania, zoomastigote, zooflagellate,
hypermastigote, polymastigote, costia, Costia necatrix, giardia, trichomonad
• Member Holonyms:
Mastigophora, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata

II - verb

whip
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
• Syn:
scourge
• Derivationally related forms:
scourge (for: scourge), scourger (for: scourge), flagellum, flagellation, flagellant
• Hypernyms:
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash,
slash, strap, trounce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

III - adjective

having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
• Syn:
flagellated, whiplike, lash-like
• Pertains to noun:
lash (for: lash-like), whip (for: whiplike), flagellum (for: flagellated), flagellum

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  flagellated, whiplike, lash-like, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore, scourge