PARAMECIUM


Meaning of PARAMECIUM in English

noun (plural paramecia; also -ciums) see: meager Date: 1752 any of a genus ( Paramecium ) of ciliate chiefly freshwater protozoans that have an elongate body rounded at the anterior end and an oblique funnel-shaped buccal groove bearing the mouth at the extremity

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