What does flagellate mean?
Flagellate means (transitive) To whip or scourge..
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/ˈflæ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To whip or scourge..
Red welts rising from a flagellated back
The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.
Use flagellate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flagellate means (transitive) To whip or scourge..
Common synonyms include scourge, mastigophore, flagellated, mastigophoran.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Red welts rising from a flagellated back
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