flexile

flex·ile

flexible; pliant; mobile

Origin of flexile

Classical Latin flexilis

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flexile

adjective

Flexible.

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Adjective

(comparative more flexile, superlative most flexile)

flexible
Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking

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Divisions perpendicular to the long axis: - Vibrio (Muller-Ldffler), commashaped, motile, monotrichous; Spirillum (Ehrenb.), more strongly curved in open spirals, motile, lopho trichous; Spirochaete (Ehrenb.), spirally coiled in numerous close turns, motile, but apparently owing to flexile movements, as no cilia are found.

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