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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 organelles
Familiarity information: GENUS TETRAHYMENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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