colpoda
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of colpoda
1790; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek kolpṓd ( ēs ) embosomed, embayed ( kólp ( os ) bosom + -ōdēs -ode 1 ) + Latin -a -a 2
Example Sentences
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These may be, however, only individual variations of a widely spread species, and I believe it is perfectly safe to describe this as Colpidium colpoda.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
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