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Definition of Genus paramecium
1. Noun. Freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove.
Group relationships: Ciliata, Ciliophora, Class Ciliata, Class Ciliophora
Member holonyms: Paramecia, Paramecium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Paramecium
Literary usage of Genus paramecium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"Oral groove present. genus paramecium. Mouth near middle of body; pharynx short;
oral groove oblique. Species caudatum (tailed). ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1900)
"... are suddenly projected to about eight times their former length in the 'form
of long thread-like filaments. In the genus Paramecium the ..."
3. On Human Entozoa: Comprising the Description of the Different Species of by William Abbotts Smith (1863)
"The protozoa observed by Malmsten, of Stockholm, in some cases of cholera and
diarrhoea were referred to the genus Paramecium, to which also probably ..."
4. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal by Chas. W. Smiley (1888)
"... tric animalcule of the genus Paramecium. In the same paper he says, referring
to the above, ' with such facts before us, there is no longer any doubt ..."
5. Marvels of pond-life; or, A year's microscopic recreations among the polyps by Henry James Slack (1878)
"The genus Paramecium is now confined to those creatures which exhibit rows of
longitudinal cilia of uniform length, which are destitute of hooks, styles, ..."
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