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flagellum

cellular appendages functioning as locomotive or sensory organelles
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flagellum

Summary

flagellum is a cellular component[1]. flagellum ranks in the top 4% of cellular_component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,193 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • flagellum's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • flagellum is a type of organelle[4].
  • flagellum is a type of cell appendage[5].
  • flagellum's Commons category is recorded as Flagella[6].
  • flagellum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • flagellum's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • flagellum's different from is recorded as Wić[9].
  • flagellum's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[10].

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Definition and Type

flagellum's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3]. Recorded subclass of include organelle[4] and cell appendage[5].

Why It Matters

flagellum ranks in the top 4% of cellular_component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,193 views/month).[2] flagellum has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] flagellum is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_flagellum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{flagellum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/flagellum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → cellular component
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → Wić
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007535926705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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