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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fla·gel·lum n.; pl. E. Flagellums L. Flagella
 1. Bot. A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
 2. Zool. (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.
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