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Flagellum Common

Flagellum has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

2

a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

3

In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
whip process
Rhyming Words
lum alum glum clum blum slum klum plum solum colum pilum filum hilum malum tulum calum gillum siglum pyelum pollum
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