Flagellate — synonyms, definition

1. flagellate (Verb)

beat cane flog hit lash scourge strike switch thrash whip

flagellate (Verb) — Whip. ex. "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

flog lash lather slash strap trounce welt whale whip

2. flagellate (Adjective)

flagellated lash-like whiplike

flagellate (Adjective) — Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum). ex. "two minute flagellate threads of protoplasm"

3. flagellate (Noun)

flagellate protozoan flagellated protozoan mastigophoran mastigophore

flagellate (Noun) — A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals.

protozoan protozoon Costia necatrix Leishmania costia dinoflagellate genus Leishmania giardia hypermastigote polymastigote trichomonad zooflagellate zoomastigote Flagellata Mastigophora class Flagellata class Mastigophora