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flagellum
Overview of noun flagellum
The noun flagellum has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. scourge, flagellum -- (a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor))
2. flagellum -- (a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flagellum
2 senses of flagellum
Sense 1
scourge, flagellum
=> whip
=> instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
flagellum
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun flagellum
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flagellum
2 senses of flagellum
Sense 1
scourge, flagellum
=> whip
Sense 2
flagellum
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
Antonyms of noun flagellum
Member Holonyms of noun flagellum
Substance Holonyms of noun flagellum
Part Holonyms of noun flagellum
1 of 2 senses of flagellum
Sense 2
flagellum
PART OF: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
PART OF: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
Member Meronyms of noun flagellum
Substance Meronyms of noun flagellum
Part Meronyms of noun flagellum
Meronyms of noun flagellum
Holonyms of noun flagellum
1 of 2 senses of flagellum
Sense 2
flagellum
PART OF: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
PART OF: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
Attributes of noun flagellum
Derived Forms of noun flagellum
2 senses of flagellum
Sense 1
scourge, flagellum
RELATED TO>(verb) flagellate#1
=> flagellate, scourge
Sense 2
flagellum
RELATED TO>(noun) flagellate#1
=> flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore
Domain of noun flagellum
Domain Terms of noun flagellum
Familiarity of noun flagellum
flagellum used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun flagellum
2 senses of flagellum
Sense 1
scourge, flagellum
> whip
=> cat-o'nine-tails, cat
=> cowhide
=> horsewhip
=> knout
=> quirt
=> riding crop, hunting crop
=> scourge, flagellum
=> strap
Sense 2
flagellum
> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> horn
=> horn
=> crest
=> pseudopod, pseudopodium
=> flagellum
=> hair
=> cirrus
=> spine
=> aculea
=> style
=> villus
=> tail
=> fetlock
=> tentacle
=> arista
=> acromion, acromial process
=> ala
=> alveolar arch
=> alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process
=> acrosome
=> caruncle, caruncula
=> condyle
=> coronoid process, processus coronoideus
=> epicondyle
=> fimbria
=> apophysis
=> spicule, spiculum
=> osteophyte
=> papilla
=> papilla
=> appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage
=> mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal
=> styloid process
=> pterygoid process
=> tuberosity, tubercle, eminence
=> zygomatic process
=> trochanter
=> transverse process
=> odontoid process
=> metaphysis
=> olecranon, olecranon process
=> ridge
=> excrescence
=> papilla
=> plant process, enation
Meronyms of noun flagellum
2 senses of flagellum
Sense 1
scourge, flagellum
=> whip
HAS PART: crop
HAS PART: lash, thong
HAS PART: stock
=> instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
flagellum
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun flagellum
1 of 2 senses of flagellum
Sense 2
flagellum
PART OF: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
PART OF: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
PART OF: male reproductive system
PART OF: male body
PART OF: male, male person
PART OF: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come
Grep of noun flagellum
flagellum
masticophis flagellum
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