flagellate
/verb flaj-uh-leyt; adjective, noun flaj-uh-lit, -leyt/US // verb ˈflædʒ əˌleɪt; adjective, noun ˈflædʒ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //
鞭毛虫,鞭毛虫类,鞭毛虫属,鞭毛类
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v.有主动词 verb
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flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing.
- : to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : Also flag·el·lat·ed .Biology. having flagella.
- : Botany. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
- : pertaining to or caused by flagellates.
n.名词 noun
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- : any protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.
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I admit I'm one of those people who tend to self-flagellate and is too tethered to my to-do list, sometimes defeated by it.
These cells, called choanocytes, resemble independent animals of the Protozoa, known as flagellate Infusoria or Choanoflagellata.
Most of the flagellate infusoria do just the reverse; they are anodically sensitive or positively galvanotactic.
Other modifications are whip-like processes, or flagellate filaments, called vibracula, which constantly beat the water.
C, Later stage, resolving itself into two flagellate gametes.
An aberrant flagellate bearing a single flagellum and a silicious skeleton resembling those of the Radiolaria.
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