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paramecium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paramecium has 1 sense
- paramecium(n = noun.animal) paramecia - any member of the genus Paramecium; Array is a kind of ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran
is a member of genus paramecium
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paramecium, n. (also paramoecium) any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, of a characteristic slipper-like shape covered with cilia.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk paramekes oval (as PARA-(1), mekos length)
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