Definitions for paramecia

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paramecia par·a·me·ci·um

Spelling: [par-uh-mee-shee-uh m, -shuh m, -see- Paramecia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in paramecia (aaaceimpr).

Definitions for paramecia

noun

1. any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.

Origin of paramecia

1745-55; New Latin Greek paramḗk(ēs) oblong, oval + New Latin -ium noun suffix; see -ium

Examples for paramecia

This was known as conjugation, and is seen among paramecia and some other species to-day.

The viability of paramecia and euglenae in the digestive tract of cockroaches.

He couldn't remember clearly he was so tired—the rock basin had been literally swarming with paramecia and other forms of life.

In one bottle, containing decaying chara, paramecia abounded.

The paramecia, of which there are various species, have always been favourite objects with microscopists.