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deflagellate

deflagellate verb: to remove flagella (from).

Verb

deflagellate (third-person singular simple present deflagellates, present participle deflagellating, simple past and past participle deflagellated)

  1. To remove flagella (from)

Forms of deflagellate

third-person singular presentdeflagellates
present participledeflagellating
past participledeflagellated
pastdeflagellated

Questions about deflagellate

What does deflagellate mean?
Deflagellate means to remove flagella (from).
What part of speech is deflagellate?
Deflagellate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deflagellate?
The past tense of deflagellate is deflagellated.

Words near deflagellate in the dictionary

  1. defix
  2. defixed
  3. defixes
  4. defixing
  5. deflagatory
  6. deflagellate
  7. deflagellated
  8. deflagellation
  9. deflagellations
  10. deflagrability
  11. deflagrable

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