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biflagellate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bi-flag-el-late
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having two flagella.

noun

Any organism that has two flagella.

Etymology

From bi- + flagellate.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

biflagellates (plural)

Synonyms

biflagellated

Rhymes With

appellate prelate zealot stellate flagellate dinoflagellate helot lamellate flabellate patellate scutellate phytoflagellate

Questions

What does biflagellate mean?
Having two flagella.
Where does biflagellate come from?
From bi- + flagellate.

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