genus tetrahymena

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   protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles

   Broaderprotoctist genus

   Part ofCiliata

Questions about genus tetrahymena

What does genus tetrahymena mean?

genus tetrahymena means "protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles".

Is genus tetrahymena a common word?

genus tetrahymena is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.