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单词 flagellum
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flagellumn.

Brit. /fləˈdʒɛləm/, U.S. /ˌflæˈdʒɛləm/
Forms: Plural flagella.
Etymology: < Latin flagellum whip, scourge.
1. In humorously pedantic use: A whip, scourge.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge
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scourgea1225
whipc1325
swaipa1400
flagellec1430
flail?a1475
foueta1492
scorpion1541
lash1577
sot1588
thong1592
chawbuck1698
knout1716
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flagellum1807
1807 ‘Ben Block’ (title) Flagellum flagellated.
1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iii. 51 Boxing-gloves, books, fly-flanking flagellum.
1842 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Penance! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 104 The Knight..Received the first taste of the Father's flagellum.
2.
a. Botany. A runner or creeping shoot.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > runner, creeping, or trailing shoot
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trailing1727
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flagellum1861
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxviii. 1015 The hihest sprayes of a vyne hatte flagella.]
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 117 The Runner..is an elongated slender prostrate branch, sent off from the base of the stem, and giving off at its extremities roots and leaves... The runner is sometimes known under the name of the flagellum.
b. Zoology and Biology. A lash-like appendage.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > tail- or lash-like
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flagellum1852
pulsellum1880
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 227 Outer antennæ as long as the front, flagellum 10-jointed.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 79 The flagella..are modifications of the cilia.
1885 Athenæum 12 Dec. 773/3 A cholera bacillus showing a flagellum at either end.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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