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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flagellum \Fla*gel"lum\, n.; pl. E. {Flagellums}, L. {Flagella}.
     [L., a whip. See {Flagellate}, v. t.]
     1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long
        trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain
        mosses.
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     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 antenn[ae] and the epipodite of
            the maxilipeds. See {Maxilliped}.
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