Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Flagellata

Flagellata , noun, plural

[New Latin, fromL. flagellatus, p. p. See Flagellate, transitive verb]

(Zoology) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.