flagella
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Flagella — Flagellum Fla*gel lum, n.; pl. E. {Flagellums}, L. {Flagella}. [L., a whip. See {Flagellate}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flagella — Flagellen oder Geißeln (lat. flagellum Geißel) sind lange, dünne Gebilde bei Lebewesen, die von der Zelloberfläche abstehen und der Bewegung dienen. Sie sind bei Prokaryoten und bei Eukaryoten hinsichtlich Struktur und Funktionsweise… … Deutsch Wikipedia
flagella — Plural of flagellum. * * * flagella pl of FLAGELLUM * * * fla·gel·la (flə jelґə) [L.] plural of flagellum … Medical dictionary
flagella — n. whip like part (Biology); runners, creepers (Botany) … English contemporary dictionary
flagella — fla•gel•la [[t]fləˈdʒɛl ə[/t]] n. cbl a pl. of flagellum … From formal English to slang
flagella — /fləˈdʒɛlə/ (say fluh jeluh) plural noun a plural of flagellum …
flagella — plural of flagellum * * * /fleuh jel euh/, n. a pl. of flagellum … Useful english dictionary
pantonematic flagella — Flagella without mastigonemes; cf. hispid flagella … Dictionary of molecular biology
Evolution of flagella — The evolution of flagella is of great interest to biologists because the three known varieties of flagella (eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaebacterial) each represent an extremely sophisticated cellular structure that requires the interaction of… … Wikipedia
hispid flagella — Eukaryotic flagella with two rows of stiff protrusions (mastigonemes) at right angles to the long axis of the shaft. In hispid flagella, the normal relationship between the direction of flagellar wave propagation and the direction of movement is… … Dictionary of molecular biology
