Flagellate

flaj′el-āt, v.t. to whip or scourge.— ns. Flagel′lantism ; Flagellā′tion ; Flag′ellātor , Flagel′lant (also flaj′-), one who scourges himself in religious discipline.— adjs. Flag′ellatory ; Flagellif′erous ; Flagel′liform .— n. Flagel′lum , a scourge: ( bot. ) a runner: ( biol. ) a large cilium or appendage to certain infusorians, . [L. flagellāre , -ātum — flagellum , dim. of flagrum , a whip.]