The plural or taxonomic class of flagellate organisms, emphasizing the group of whip-tailed protozoans.
From Latin flagellatum (whipped) + -ae (feminine plural ending), the Latinized plural form used in older scientific classification.
This is the scientific Latin plural form—biologists use it to sound precise, though modern English-speaking scientists usually just say 'flagellates,' showing how scientific language evolves.
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