flagellum

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
  2. In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
  3. (formal) A whip.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/fləˈd͡ʒɛləm/
Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin flagellum (“whip”), diminutive of flagrum, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlag- (“to strike”).

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