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paramoecium

paramoecium is the alternative spelling of paramecium.

Meaning of paramecium

Noun

paramecium (plural paramecia or parameciums)

  1. An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
    • The sun beats on his eyelids; inside them a paramecium revolves. A blink and it changes pattern like a kaleidoscope.1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, page 144

Forms of paramoecium

pluralparamoeciums
pluralparamoecia

Questions about paramoecium

What is paramoecium the alternative spelling of?
Paramoecium is the alternative spelling of paramecium.

Words near paramoecium in the dictionary

  1. paramodulants
  2. paramodular
  3. paramodulation
  4. paramodulations
  5. paramoecia
  6. paramoecium
  7. paramoeciums
  8. paramoid
  9. paramolybdate
  10. paramolybdates
  11. paramomycin

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