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flagellum definition and meaning

v. t. A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
v. t. A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.
v. t. An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.
v. t. A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.