Paramecium

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Translingual

Paramecium caudatum

Etymology

Coined by John Hill in 1752 from Ancient Greek παραμήκης (paramḗkēs, “oblong, oval”) + -ium.

Morphologically, para- +‎ Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length, longitude”).

Proper noun

Paramecium n

  1. 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.

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References

  1. ^ Lorande Loss Woodruff (1921 9) “The Structure, Life History, and Intrageneric Relationships of Paramecium calkinsi, sp. nov.”, in The Biological Bulletin‎, 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.”

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