paramecium vs ciliate

paramecium and ciliate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paramecium	Yes	No	No	No
ciliate	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, ciliate is a hypernym of paramecium; that is, ciliate is a word with a broader meaning than paramecium:

paramecium: any member of the genus Paramecium
ciliate: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

Other hypernyms of paramecium include ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran.

paramecium (noun)	ciliate (noun)
any member of the genus Paramecium	a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

paramecium (adjective)	ciliate (adjective)
	of or relating to the human eyelash
	of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
	having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections