Dictionary Entry
flagellum
flagellum is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 21 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
- 2transitive verb
A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.
- 3transitive verb
An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.
- 4transitive verb
A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
- 5noun
a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
- 6noun
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
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