different between flagellum vs unikont

English

Etymology

From Latin flagellum (“whip”), diminutive of flagrum, from Proto-Indo-European *b?lag- (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??d??l?m/

Noun

flagellum (plural flagella or flagellums or flagellae)

1. (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
2. (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
3. A whip

Synonyms

• (organelle of protists): cilium
• (whip): whip

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla????.l?m/
• Hyphenation: fla?gel?lum

Noun

flagellum m (plural flagella)

1. flagellum

   Synonyms: flagel, zweepdraad, zweephaar, zweepstaart

Latin

Etymology

From flagrum (“scourge, whip”) +? -ellum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fla??el.lum/, [f??ä???l?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fla?d??el.lum/, [fl??d???l?um]

Noun

flagellum n (genitive flagell?); second declension

1. whip, lash, scourge
2. whip for driving animals (riding horses, cattle etc.)
3. tentacle
4. young branch, shoot

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

• flagell?
• flagrum

Synonyms

• scutica
• lorum
• verber

Descendants

References

• flagellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flagellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flagellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• flagellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

uni- +? -kont

Noun

unikont (plural unikonts)

1. (biology) A eukaryotic cell with a single flagellum; thought to be the ancestor of all animals and fungi.

See also

• bikont