flagelliform

[ fluh-jel-uh-fawrm ]
/ fləˈdʒɛl əˌfɔrm /

adjective Biology.

long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.

Origin of flagelliform

1820–30; < Latin flagell(um) a whip, scourge + -i- + -form

British Dictionary definitions for flagelliform

flagelliform
/ (fləˈdʒɛlɪˌfɔːm) /

adjective

slender, tapering, and whiplike, as the antennae of certain insects