Definition of flagellates

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • flagellates is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • flagellates is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • flagellates is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 19

Definition of flagellates


  • whip (verb)

    Examples

    1. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves

    Synonyms

    1. scourge
  • a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. flagellate protozoan
    2. flagellated protozoan
    3. mastigophoran
    4. mastigophore
  • having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. flagellated
    2. lash-like
    3. whiplike

See definition of flagellates in Merriam Webster