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Word comparison: amoeba vs. paramecium
amoeba vs. paramecium
amoeba
noun
plural
amoebas,
amoebae
a variant of
ameba
.
paramecium
noun
plural
paramecia
any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus
Paramecium,
having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.