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語源

From Ancient Greek παραμήκης (paramḗkēs, “oval”), from μῆκος (mêkos, “length”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈmiː.si.əm/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌpɛ.ɹəˈmi.si.əm/
• ハイフネーション: par‧a‧me‧ci‧um

名詞

paramecium (plural paramecia or parameciums)

1. An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
   • 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, page 144:

     The sun beats on his eyelids; inside them a paramecium revolves. A blink and it changes pattern like a kaleidoscope.

   • 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld‎, 2003 edition, →ISBN, page 560:

     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.

同意語

• slipper animalcule

名詞

paramecium n (genitive parameciī); second declension

1. paramecium

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter).