GENUS TETRAHYMENA

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Meaning:

Protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Tetrahymena" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tetrahymena"):

tetrahymena (relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research)

Holonyms ("genus Tetrahymena" is a member of...):

Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)

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