having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

[ Syn: flagellated , whiplike , lash-like ]

a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

[ Syn: flagellate protozoan , flagellated protozoan , mastigophoran , mastigophore ]

whip; The religious fanatics flagellated themselves

[ Syn: scourge ]