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Words related to flagellum
fla·gel·lum
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flail
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar. -
amphitrichate
having a single flagellum at each end. -
axoneme
the part of a cell, consisting of proteins and microtubes, which forms the core -
basal body
a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole. -
choanocyte
any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum -
choanoflagellate
any flagellate of the genera Monosiga and Proterospongia, having a protoplasmic collar encircling the base of the flagellum.