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colpoda

[ kol-poh-duh ]
/ kɒlˈpoʊ də /

noun

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

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Origin of colpoda

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

Words nearby colpoda

colpocele, colpocleisis, colpocystitis, colpocystocele, colpocystoplasty, colpoda, colpodynia, colpohyperplasia, colpomicroscopy, colpoperineoplasty, colpoperineorrhaphy
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