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| par·a·me·ci·um [ pàrrə mshee əm, pàrrə mssee əm ] (plural par·a·me·ci·a [ pàrrə mshee ə, pàrrə mssee ə ] or par·a·me·ci·ums) |
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microscopic water organism: a single-celled microscopic organism protozoan with fine appendages cilia around its body that it uses to move around in water and to capture bacteria. Genus Paramecium.
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| [Mid-18th century. < modern Latin< Greek paramēkēs "oval"; from its shape] |
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