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Flabellum vs Flagellum - What's the difference?

flabellum | flagellum |

As nouns the difference between flabellum and flagellum

is that flabellum is a large fan used for religious ceremonies while flagellum is (biology) in protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.

flabellum

English

Noun

(flabella)
  • A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
  • (botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.

    • Related terms

    * flabellate ----

    flagellum

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
  • (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
  • A whip

    • Synonyms

    * (organelle of protists) cilium * (whip) whip