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Flagellate
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<p>A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more <a href="/facts/Whip/BlfWKzBE">whip</a>-like <a href="/facts/Appendage/lFv11d3f">appendages</a> called <a href="/facts/Flagellum/nvQRcbgJ">flagella</a>. The word <i>flagellate</i> also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many <a href="/facts/Prokaryote/oYyvaDDH">prokaryotes</a> and <a href="/facts/Eukaryote/SkwyPLMA">eukaryotes</a> and their means of motion. The term presently does not imply any specific relationship or classification of the organisms that possess flagella. However, several <a href="/facts/Morphological_derivation/1ED86Ao8">derivations</a> of the term "flagellate" (such as "<a href="/facts/Dinoflagellate/jcQuSgM3">dinoflagellate</a>" and "<a href="/facts/Choanoflagellata/S2xjEI9J">choanoflagellata</a>") are more formally characterized. </p>