Definition of "flagellata" [‖Flag•el•la•ta]

• An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See infusoria, and monad. (noun-plural)

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• "On the Spongiæ ciliatæ as Infusoria flagellata, etc. Mem."
• "These animal microbes are often spoken of as "blood-flagellates" or hæmo-flagellata, and the larger kinds are called "Trypanosomes," or "screw-form parasites," or whilst"
• "Some of the infusoria of the flagellata-class (Signura, Magosphaera, etc.) are similar in structure to these vegetal clusters, but differ in their animal nutrition; they form the special group of the"