Flagellum

Flagellum - Other Definitions

• (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
  
  
• (v. t.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.
  
  
• (v. t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.
  
  
• (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
  
  
• (pl. ) of Flagellum