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GENUS TETRAHYMENA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles
Classified under:
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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