Definition of "flagella" [flagella]

• Plural of flagellum. (noun)

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• "We can't say if the Designer of flagella is the same as the Designer of the eyeball, nor can we say that the Designer of eyeballs could ever learn to design anything else."
• "Actually, the parts that make up the IC system for bacterial flagella is as Behe stated, the motor, the base, the drive shaft, and the filament."
• "The fact that they are "not flagella" is what makes "the flagella" irreducible."