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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 1 sense
- paramecium(n = noun.animal) paramecia - any member of the genus Paramecium;
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n. (also paramoecium) any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, of a characteristic slipper-like shape covered with cilia.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk paramekes oval (as PARA-(1), mekos length)