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Paramecium |
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| The paramecium is a single-celled organism that propels itself by minute, hairlike projections called cilia. Cilia also create currents that sweep food particles toward the paramecium’s gullet for ingestion. | ||||||
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| Paramecium; Comparative Anatomy; Protista; Protozoa | ||||||
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