flagellum
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
Types & categories
- whip hypernym
Related & opposite
- flagellate derivation
- scourge derivation
Sense 2 noun
a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
Types & categories
- appendage hypernym
Parts & wholes
- eubacteria part holonym
- sperm part holonym
Related & opposite
- flagellate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flagellate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scourge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | whip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flagellate |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eubacteria |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sperm |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appendage |