[lə′fä·trə·kəs] (cell and molecular biology) Having a polar tuft of flagella.
lophotrichous
lophotrichous
[lo-fot´rĭ-kus] having two or more flagella at one end; said of bacterial cells.
lo·phot·ri·chous
(lō-fot'ri-kŭs), Referring to a bacterial cell with two or more flagella at one or both poles. Synonym(s): lophotrichate [G. lophos, crest, + thrix, hair]