PARAMECIUM


Meaning of PARAMECIUM in English

n. (also paramoecium) any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, of a characteristic slipper-like shape covered with cilia.

[ mod.L f. Gk paramekes oval (as PARA-(1), mekos length) ]

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