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      flagellating
      noun
      a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages
      verb
      whip
      adjective
      having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
      Roots
      flagrumflagell- · Latin · whip, scourge
      Words related to flagellating
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