Definition of "flagellates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flagellate. (verb)

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• "André Lwoff studied haematin - a growth factor for the flagellates - the specificity of protohaematin, its quantitative effect on growth, and the part it played in the respiratory catalyst system."
• "The real reason is that filter-feeding shellfish may have consumed toxic flagellates sieved from the plankton during those months."
• "Bawa carries additional chains with spear heads that he flagellates his head."