Flagellate

глагол бичевать, пороть, бить Синоним(ы): beat

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Flagellate

I. transitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum whip; perhaps akin to Old Norse blaka to wave 1. whip, scourge 2. to drive or punish as if by whipping II. adjective Etymology: New Latin flagellatus, from flagellum 1. a. (or flagellated) having flagella b. shaped like a flagellum 2. [flagellate (III)] of, relating to, or caused by flagellates Example: flagellate diarrhea III. noun Etymology: New Latin Flagellata, class of unicellular organisms, from neuter plural of flagellatus a flagellate protozoan or alga

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