- A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long
trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses. - A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. - An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the
snail. - A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the
terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds.
See Maxilliped.