flagellumnoun [ C ]
/fləˈdʒel.əm//fləˈdʒel.əm/plural flagella /fləˈdʒel.ə/a long, thin part similar to a tail, used for movement by some cells, bacteria, and other very small organisms
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- A flagellum has been demonstrated as attached to one or both extremities.
- Solid food particles are taken in near base of flagella.
- The body is small, globular or oval and either free-swimming or fastened by one of the two flagella.
- The flagella are about the same size, the anterior one usually somewhat longer.
- There is a single flagellum.