flagellated

• Adjectif désignant un organisme ou une cellule qui possède un ou plusieurs flagelles (organites en forme de fouet) lui permettant de se déplacer. Terme surtout employé dans un contexte biologique ou historique, parfois considéré comme vieilli.

An obsolete adjective meaning having or bearing a flagellum (a whip-like appendage); now rarely used outside of historical or biological contexts.

1. Having a flagellumC1formalscientific

   Possessing or resembling a whip-like appendage, such as a flagellum, used for movement or sensation.

   flagellé (ayant un flagelle)

   • The flagellated cells of the algae propel themselves through water.
   • Certain protozoa are flagellated, using their whip-like structures to move.
   • The scientist examined the flagellated bacteria under the microscope.

   Synonymesflagellate

• Verbe signifiant fouetter ou flageller, souvent comme punition ou pénitence religieuse.

A verb meaning to whip or flog, often as a form of punishment or religious penance.

1. Whip or flogC1formal

   To beat or whip someone or something, often as a form of punishment or religious penance.

   Flageller

   • The monk would flagellate himself as an act of penance.
   • In ancient times, prisoners were sometimes flagellated in public.
   • The cult leader ordered his followers to flagellate the heretic.

   Synonymesbirchcanefloglashscourgethrashwhip

   Antonymescaresscomfortpraisereward