colpoda

[ kol-poh-duh ]

noun
  1. any ciliated protozoan of the genus Colpoda, common in fresh water.

Origin of colpoda

1
1790; <New Latin, equivalent to Greek kolpṓd(ēs) embosomed, embayed (kólp(os) bosom + -ōdēs-ode1) + Latin -a-a2

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