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third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated
(transitive) To whip or scourge. examples
(transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. quotations examples
The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 63
comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate
Resembling a whip. examples
(biology) Having flagella.
plural flagellates
(biology) Any organism that has flagella.