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FLAGELLATED CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flagellated cell" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flagellated cell"):
choanocyte; collar cell (any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body)
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