flagellate

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To whip or scourge.
2. verb To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
3. verb Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.
4. adjective Resembling a whip.
5. adjective Having flagella.
6. noun Any organism that has flagella.

Similar words

whiplike scourge mastigophore mastigophoran flagellated protozoan gracilis protozoon lamblia protozoan euglena

Often followed by

cells protozoa and forms themselves stage form is protozoan

Word family

flagellated flagellates flagellating