flagellate - noun

a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

flagellate - verb

• whip

flagellate - adjective

• having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

flagellate - thesaurus

flagellated   mastigophoran   mastigophore   scourge   whiplike