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PARAMECIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: paramecia   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any member of the genus Paramecium

Synonyms:

paramecia; paramecium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("paramecium" is a kind of...):

ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)

Holonyms ("paramecium" is a member of...):

genus Paramecium (freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove)

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