colpoda

[ kol-poh-duh ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of colpoda¹

1790; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek kolpṓd ( ēs ) embosomed, embayed ( kólp ( os ) bosom + -ōdēs -ode ¹ ) + Latin -a -a ²

Example Sentences

It has seized with its tentacles, and is in the act of sucking out the juices of six examples of the Ciliate Colpoda parvifrons.

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