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adjectivehaving or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
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Definition that contains whiplike
- whip a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- stingray large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- lash a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- whiplash a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- thresher large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
- hairtail long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
- thrasher large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
- flagellate a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
- mastigophoran a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
- thresher shark large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed