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How to pronounce flagellum in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms scourge
Type of whip
Derivation flagellate
Type Words
Type of process, appendage, outgrowth
Derivation flagellate

Examples of flagellum

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One of those genes encodes a protein that helps the sperm cell's flagellum beat.
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It has been proposed that the flagellum originated from a protein export system.
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A microbial blob in the ocean grows pincers and a flagellum and swims to shore.
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It is hypothesised that the flagellum evolved from the type three secretory system.
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Caulobacter is a single-celled organism with a filament-like tail called a flagellum.
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In other words, what good is two thirds of an eye, or half of a flagellum?
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Therefore, humankind belongs to the same single flagellum group as fungi and amoebae.
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The flagellum, at the top of the antenna, is stout, tapering and very long.
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T. brucei's flagellum provided the clue about the parasite's social behavior, said Hill.
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More examples
  • Scourge: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
  • A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
  • A flagellum (or in plural form: flagella) is a tail-like projection that protrudes from the cell body of certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and functions in locomotion. ...
  • In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding; In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion; A whip
  • (Flagella) A long, threadlike appendage, especially a whiplike extension of certain cells or unicellular organisms that functions as an organ of locomotion.
  • (Flagella) hair-like extensions from cells that beat to propel the cell through water.
  • (FLAGELLA) Long hair-like structures on a cell or microorganism enabling movement or manipulation. (See CILIA) (MP)
  • (Flagella) important for glycosylation, secretion.
  • (Flagella) in liverworts, a slender branch with or without minute leaves.