Etymology

flagelliform

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Today it means: shaped like a whip Full definition →

Latin flagellum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromflagellum“whip”
  2. English todayflagelliform

Latin flagellum (“whip”) + -form

Words from the same roots

Latinflagellum all →

flailflagellumflagellist

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