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Paramecium vs Protozoa - What's the difference?

paramecium | protozoa |

As nouns the difference between paramecium and protozoa

is that paramecium is an oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus genus: Paramecium while protozoa is plural of lang=en.

paramecium

English

(wikipedia paramecium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (zoology) An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus .
  • * 1983 , Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers , Penguin 2009, p. 144:
    • The sun beats on his eyelids; inside them a paramecium revolves. A blink and it changes pattern like a kaleidoscope.
  • * 1997 , (Don DeLillo), , 2003 edition, ISBN 0684848155, page 560 [http://google.com/books?id=Ug3ArDMHLnQC&pg=RA1-PA560&dq=paramecia]:
    • Edgar noticed that Clyde was wearing a necktie with a driblet design. The little figures made him think of paramecia , sinister organisms with gullets and feeding grooves.

    Synonyms

    * slipper animalcule

    protozoa

    English

    Noun

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