whiplike

1. An animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc.
   形似海星的动物，易碎的鞭形臂从中间小圆盘放射伸出。
2. Amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the southern hemisphere.
   体形较小的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙。两栖类四足食草恐龙，颈长而细，鞭形尾；白垩纪主要生活在南半球。
3. One of the long, whiplike, modified zooids on the surface of certain bryozoan colonies.
   振鞭体，鞭器一种长的改造过的鞭状游动精子，在某些苔藓虫寄生地表面生长。
4. Large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds.
   能分泌毒液的大型鳐，其鞭形的尾部生有有毒的背棘，能造成严重的伤害。
5. Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake_mackerel.
   象鞭子一样的长身热带鱼，无鳞，牙尖；与蛇鲭关系密切。
6. Certain eukaryotic cells can swim freely in liquid environments, propelled by whiplike cilia or flagella.
   某些原核细胞能够在液体环境中自由游动，由鞭子似的纤毛和鞭毛推进。
7. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
   温带水域的大浮游带鲨鱼，长有一条鞭子似的尾巴用来围捕水面的小鱼吃。
8. Two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm; reduced to a microscopic scale.
   原生质的两条极细的鞭形螺纹；减小到极小的比例。
9. A deep-sea cartilaginous fish of the family Chimaeridae, having a smooth-skinned tapering body and a whiplike tail. small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum.
   银鲛银鲛科的一种深海软骨鱼，有平滑表皮、锥形身体和鞭状尾巴常见于马尾藻类海草堆中，体色鲜艳、形状怪异的小鱼。
10. BIOLOGY: Certain bacteria propel themselves using a flagellum, a whiplike tail.
    生物学：有些细菌会以鞭毛（像鞭子一样的尾巴）驱动自己前进。
11. Any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike tails.
    北美洲的几种移动迅速并有一只长尾巴的蛇。

adj

1. having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

   Synonym:    flagellateflagellatedlash-like