adjective having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).
— synonyms: flagellated, whiplike, lash-like
verb whip.
— synonyms: scourge
noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages.
— synonyms: flagellate_protozoan, flagellated_protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore