- scourge, flagellum - a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
--1 is a kind of whip
Derived form: verb flagellate1 - flagellum - a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
--2 is a kind of process, outgrowth, appendage
--2 is a part ofeubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria; sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan