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flagellum
 
Noun flagellum has 2 senses
  1. scourge, flagellum - a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
    --1 is a kind of whip
    Derived form: verb flagellate1
  2. flagellum - a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
    --2 is a kind of     process, outgrowth, appendage
    --2 is a part of
     eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria; sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
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