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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flagellum \Fla*gel"lum\, 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 antenn[ae] and the epipodite of the maxilipeds See {Maxilliped}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flagellum n : long lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some protozoa)
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