Usually means: Whiplike appendages facilitating cellular movement.
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  1. flagella: Merriam-Webster
  2. flagella: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flagella: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flagella: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flagella: Vocabulary.com
  6. flagella: Wordnik
  7. flagella: Wiktionary
  8. flagella: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. flagella: Dictionary.com
  10. Flagella: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Flagella: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Flagella: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. flagella: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. flagella: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. flagella: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  6. flagella: Medical dictionary

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  1. flagella: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See flagellum as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flagellum)

noun:  (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
noun:  (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
noun:  A whip
▸ Also see flagellum

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