flagellated

verb (used with object), flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing.

1. to whip; scourge; flog; lash.

adjective

2. Also flag·el·lat·ed. Biology. having flagella.
3. Botany. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
4. pertaining to or caused by flagellates.

noun

5. any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.

verb (ˈflædʒɪˌleɪt)

1. (tr) to whip; scourge; flog

adjective (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt) flagellated

2. possessing one or more flagella
3. resembling a flagellum; whiplike

noun (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt)

4. a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina

v.

1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare “to scourge, lash” (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this was flagellen (mid-15c.).

adj.

1. Having a flagellum or flagella.

adj.

1. Flagellated.
2. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

n.

1. A member of the class Mastigophora, comprising organisms having a flagellum.

1. Any of various protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that move by means of one or more flagella. Some flagellates can make food by photosynthesis (such as euglenas and volvox), and are often classified as green algae by botanists. Others are symbiotic or parasitic (such as trypanosomes). Flagellates are related to amoebas. Also called mastigophoran