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n. a needlepoint stitch that produces zigzag lines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + flagellate. ] Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. and order of plankton, in some classifications it is considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others it is included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta. Its members usually have two flagella, one of which extends from its center.
Syn. -- order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a member of the Dinoflagellata, chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella. The dinoflagellates form a chief constituent of plankton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. flagellans, p. p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr.L. flagellatus, p. p. See Flagellate, v. t. ] (Zool.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Flagelliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having a flagellum or flagella. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flagellated p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating ] [ L. flagellatus, p. p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall. ] To whip; to scourge; to flog. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. resembling a flagellum or flagella.
Syn. -- flagellate{ 1 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a flagellum or flagella.
Syn. -- flagellate{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation. ] A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flagellum a whip + -form. ] Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Flagellums L. Flagella [ L., a whip. See Flagellate, v. t. ] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Jelly. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to, or named from, Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), the navigator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Astron.) Either of two conspicuous celestial nebulae near the south celestial pole, resembling thin white clouds, each of which is a galaxy{ 2 } smaller than but separate from the Milky Way galaxy, and together they are the galactic formations nearest to our galaxy. They are not visible from the northern hemisphere, and are named after Ferdinand Magellan, who saw them in his expedition, which passed through the Strait of Magellan in South America, and one ship of which completed the first circumnavigation of the globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any plant of the genus Nigella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Radiate, and Flagellata. ] (Zool.) A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from F. tige stem or stock. ] (Bot.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Bot.) Same as Tigella. [ 1913 Webster ]