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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having one flagellum at only one pole or end, as certain bacteria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
monotrichic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having one single
flagellum .
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(Fischer), motile, with one polar flagellum (monotrichous);
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