GENUS PARAMECIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Paramecium mean? 

• GENUS PARAMECIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS PARAMECIUM has 1 sense:

1. freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PARAMECIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove

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Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Paramecium"):

paramecia; paramecium (any member of the genus Paramecium)

Holonyms ("genus Paramecium" 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)