— flagellator , n. — flagellatory /flaj"euh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.
v. /flaj"euh layt'/ ; adj. , n. /flaj"euh lit, -layt'/ , v. , flagellated, flagellating , adj. , n.
v.t.
1. to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
adj.
2. Also, flagellated . Biol. having flagella.
3. Bot. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
4. pertaining to or caused by flagellates.
n.
5. any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.
[ 1615-25; flagellatus, ptp. of flagellare to whip. See FLAGELLUM, -ATE 1 ]