The sun beats on his eyelids; inside them a paramecium revolves. A blink and it changes pattern like a kaleidoscope.
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Paramecium
//ˌpæ.ɹəˈmiː.si.əm//
Synonyms for "paramecium" (8 found)
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Related words (4)
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25 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- чехълче noun (organism)
Catalan
1 entries- parameci noun (organism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 草履蟲 /草履虫 noun (organism)
Dutch
1 entries- pantoffeldiertje noun (organism)
Finnish
1 entries- tohvelieläin noun (organism)
French
1 entries- paramécie noun (organism)
German
1 entries- Pantoffeltierchen noun (organism)
Hebrew
1 entries- סנדלית noun (organism)
Irish
1 entries- paraiméiciam noun (organism)
Italian
1 entries- paramecio noun (organism)
Japanese
1 entries- 草履虫 noun (organism)
Korean
1 entries- 짚신벌레 noun (organism)
Latin
1 entries- paramecium noun (organism)
Malay
2 entries- haiwan kasut noun (organism)
- paramesium noun (organism)
Persian
1 entries- پارامسی noun (organism)
Polish
1 entries- pantofelek noun (organism)
Portuguese
1 entries- paramécio noun (organism)
Russian
1 entries- параме́ция noun (organism)
Sicilian
1 entries- parameciu noun (organism)
Spanish
1 entries- paramecio noun (organism)
Swedish
1 entries- toffeldjur noun (organism)
Tagalog
1 entries- paramesyo noun (organism)
Vietnamese
2 entries- trùng giày noun (organism)
- trùng đế giày noun (organism)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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