GENUS PARAMECIUM
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)
Meaning:
Freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove
Classified under:
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)
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