exflagellate

intransitive verb

ex·​flagellate

(ˈ)eks+

1

biology : to cast off cilia or flagella

2

of sporozoans : to form microgametes by extrusion of nuclear material into peripheral processes of gametocyte cytoplasm that resemble flagella

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from exflagellation

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Rhymes for exflagellate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate