TETRAHYMENA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tetrahymena" is a kind of...):

ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)

Holonyms ("tetrahymena" is a member of...):

genus Tetrahymena (protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles)

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