- (v.t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; especially, the long trailing branch of a vine or a slender branch in certain mosses.
- (v.t.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.
- (v.t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, especially the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
- (v.t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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