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PARAMECIUM (paramecia)
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Irregular inflected form: paramecia
Dictionary entry overview: What does paramecium mean?
• PARAMECIUM (noun)
The noun PARAMECIUM has 1 sense:
1. any member of the genus Paramecium
Familiarity information: PARAMECIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any member of the genus Paramecium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
paramecia; paramecium
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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