Meaning Of The Word Paramecium

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paramecium in American English
any of a genus (Paramecium) of one-celled, elongated, slipper-shaped ciliates moving by means of cilia and having a backward-curving oral groove that ends with the mouth
noun: any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove

paramecium in British English
noun: any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body covered with cilia and a ventral ciliated groove for feeding: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)

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