Flagellum
Pronunciation : Fla*gel"lum, n.; pl. E. Flagellums
Part of Speech : L.
Etymology : [L., a whip. See Flagellate, v. t.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)
Defn: A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
2. (Zo?l.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antenn? and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
Flagella.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913