The word "flagellum" refers to a long, whip-like tail or appendage that certain microorganisms, like bacteria or sperm, use for movement. Full definition
Dr Hideyuki Matsunami of the Trans - Membrane Trafficking Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), together with a team of scientists, explored some aspects of the formation of flagella in research that may have implications for contrasting bacterial infections. (sciencedaily.com)
For he spoke long before William Dembski began stringing out his texts with all those ones and zeros, and long before Michael Behe began instructing the lay public in the intricacies of bacterial flagella. (firstthings.com)
Bacteria propel by pushing against the tiny fluid corkscrew - like appendages called flagella. (sciencedaily.com)