flagellum
/fluh-jel-uhm/US // fləˈdʒɛl əm //UK // (fləˈdʒɛləm) //
鞭毛,鞭毛细胞,鞭毛体,鞭毛虫
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural fla·gel·la [fluh-jel-uh], /fləˈdʒɛl ə/, fla·gel·lums.
- : Biology. a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc.
- : Botany. a runner.
- : Also called clavola. Entomology. the whiplike portion above the basal joints.
- : a whip or lash.
Examples
Think of its incredibly sophisticated miniature machines, like the swirling flagellum that helps a bacterium swim.
Here a flagellum from the male unites with the female, which soon thereafter becomes encysted in the wall of the intestine.
Despite some humorous touches, this Flagellum Parliamentum is still disagreeable to read.
He began a series of satires on princes and leading men, and earned the title of flagellum principum.
The pseudopodia are occasionally withdrawn, and the flagellum is the sole means of locomotion.
In addition to the main flagellum, there are usually one or two small flagella at the basis of the larger one.
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