Definitions for flagella

flagella fla·gel·la

Spelling: [fluh-jel-uh]
IPA: /fləˈdʒɛl ə/

Flagella is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in flagella (aaefglll).

Definitions for flagella

noun

  1. a plural of flagellum.
  2. Biology. a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc.
  3. Botany. a runner.
  4. Also called clavola. Entomology. (in an antenna) the whiplike portion above the basal joints.
  5. a whip or lash.

Origin of flagella

1800-10; Latin: whip, lash, diminutive of flagrum a whip, scourge

Examples for flagella

The vibrations of the flagella move the organism through the liquid medium.

The spirochetes are motile but flagella have not been shown to be present.

In the former case they are termed “flagella,” in the latter “cilia.”

These flagella by a lashing movement somewhat resembling the action of oars enable the organisms to move through fluids.

From the free ends of these cells, the ends which are next to the body-cavity, project pseudopods or flagella.

If only a few whiplike threads are formed, they are called whips (flagella); if many short ones, lashes (cilia).

Fore-end of the body with two or four (seldom five) flagella.

The contractile vacuole is close to the base of the flagella.

The position and even the number of the flagella are very constant for each kind and are of decided value in identification.

Both the blastosphere and gastrula often swim freely by flagella.

Word Value for flagella
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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