FLAGELLATION
Flag`el*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation.]
Defn: A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.
FLAGELLATOR
Flag"el*la`tor, n.
Defn: One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.
FLAGELLIFORM
Fla*gel"li*form, a. Etym: [L. flagellum a whip + -form.]
Defn: Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.
FLAGELLUM
Fla*gel"lum, n.; pl. E. Flagellums, L. Flagella. Etym: [L., a whip.
See Flagellate, v. t.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.