1. Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
   "two minute flagellate threads of protoplasm";
   - flagellated, whiplike, lash-like

1. A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
   "Giardia is a flagellate that can cause intestinal infections";
   - flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

1. Whip
   "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves";
   - scourge

Derived forms: flagellated, flagellating, flagellates

Type of: flog, lash, lather, protozoan, protozoon, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whale [N. Amer, informal], whip

Part of: class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora

Encyclopedia: Flagellate