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English adjective: flagellate | |||
| 1. | flagellate having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) | ||
| Synonyms | flagellated, lash-like, whiplike | ||
English noun: flagellate | |||
| 1. | flagellate (animal) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | ||
| Synonyms | flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protozoan, protozoon | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | costia, Costia necatrix, dinoflagellate, genus Leishmania, giardia, hypermastigote, Leishmania, polymastigote, trichomonad, zooflagellate, zoomastigote | ||
| Member meronym | class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora | ||
English verb: flagellate | |||
| 1. | flagellate (contact) whip | ||
| Samples | The religious fanatics flagellated themselves. | ||
| Synonyms | scourge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip | ||
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