fləˈjeləm noun
( plural flagel·la -elə ; also flagellums )
Etymology: Latin, whip, shoot of a plant
1. : whip , scourge
2.
[New Latin, from Latin]
: any of various elongated filiform appendages of animals: as
a. : the slender distal part of some antennae
b. : a sensory organ that suggests a comb on the chelicerae of most solpugids and pseudoscorpions
3.
[New Latin, from Latin]
: a long tapering process that projects singly or in groups from a cell or microorganism, is possibly equivalent to a much enlarged cilium, and is the primary organ of motion of flagellated protozoans and many algae, bacteria, and zoospores
4. : a long slender shoot (as a stolon or runner) of a plant