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GENUS TETRAHYMENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tetrahymena mean? 

GENUS TETRAHYMENA (noun)
  The noun GENUS TETRAHYMENA has 1 sense:

1. protozoa having four membranous ciliary organellesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS TETRAHYMENA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS TETRAHYMENA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Tetrahymena" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tetrahymena"):

tetrahymena (relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research)

Holonyms ("genus Tetrahymena" is a member of...):

Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)


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