1. (n.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

2. (n.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.

3. (n.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.

4. (n.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal portion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxillipeds. See Maxilliped.

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