flagellum 的定义
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.
更多flagellum例句
- 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- The pseudopodia are occasionally withdrawn, and the flagellum is the sole means of locomotion.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.