Undulating membrane


undulating membrane un·du·lat·ing membrane (ŭn’jə-lā’tĭng, ŭn’dyə-, -də-)
n.
An organelle of locomotion in certain flagellate parasites consisting of a finlike extension of the cytoplasmic membrane with the flagellar sheath.

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