colpoda

[kol-poh-duh]

noun

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

Origin of colpoda

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

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