- flagellate⇄adj. 1. flagelliform.
2. having flagella.
Ex. ... complex forms of flagellate infusoria (W. B. Carpenter).
3. (Botany.) having runners or runnerlike branches. - flagellate⇄flagellate, verb, -lated,-lating,adjective, noun.
- flagellate⇄noun any one of a class of protistans that have one or more flagella serving as organs of locomotion and for obtaining food. Euglenas belong to this class.
- flagellate⇄noun flagellator.
- flagellate⇄v.t. to whip; flog.
(SYN) scourge, drub, thrash.