Flagellate

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NOUN

flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages

VERB

whip

ADJ

flagellated, whiplike, lash-like

having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

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