HyperDic: genus_tetrahymena

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Tetrahymena:
NOUNanimalgenus Tetrahymenaprotozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles
English > genus Tetrahymena: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningprotozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles.
Member ofCiliata, class Ciliata, Ciliophora, class CiliophoraClass of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
Memberstetrahymenarelative of the paramecium
Broaderprotoctist genusAny genus of Protoctista
Spanishgenus tetrahymena
Catalangenus tetrahymena

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