Main Entry: fla·gel·lum

Pronunciation: \flə-ˈje-ləm\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural fla·gel·la \-lə\ also fla·gel·lums

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, whip, shoot of a plant

Date: 1852

: any of various elongated filiform appendages of plants or animals: as a : the slender distal part of an antenna b : a long tapering process that projects singly or in groups from a cell and is the primary organ of motion of many microorganisms