genus tetrahymena

English Thesaurus

1. protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist genus,
definition	:	any genus of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	tetrahymena,
definition	:	relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	ciliata, ciliophora, class ciliata, class ciliophora,
definition	:	class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle (noun.animal)