FLAGELLUM

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

2.
n.

A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.

3.
n.

An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.

4.
n.

A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.