Paramecium
See also: paramecium
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]Coined by John Hill in 1752[1] from Ancient Greek παραμήκης (paramḗkēs, “oblong, oval”) + -ium.
Morphologically, para- + Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length, longitude”).
Proper noun
[edit]Paramecium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Parameciidae – a ciliophore widely used as a model organism and for education.
- 1752, John Hill, The History of Animals, Gray's Inn, London: Thomas Osborne, page 4:
- The Paramecium, with an oblong, voluble body, obtuſe at each end.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Alveolata – superphylum; Ciliophora – phylum; Intramacronucleata - subphylum; Oligohymenophorea - class; Peniculia - subclass; Peniculida - order; Parameciina - suborder; Parameciidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): For species see
Paramecium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]- ^ Lorande Loss Woodruff (1921 9) “The Structure, Life History, and Intrageneric Relationships of Paramecium calkinsi, sp. nov.”, in The Biological Bulletin[1], volume 41, number 3, page 171: “The term Paramecium was coined by Dr. John Hill of London in 1752 for a group of animalcules comprising “four species,” two of which probably include members of the genus Paramecium as recognized today.”
Further reading
[edit]- Paramecium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Paramecium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Paramecium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Paramecium at World Register of Marine Species
- Paramecium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Paramecium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
