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

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 Project Gutenberg

Obviously, although the Colpoda is not a monad, it differs from one only in subordinate details.

From Project Gutenberg

And if this were not sufficient evidence of the animality of Colpoda, there comes the fact that it is even more similar to another well-known animalcule, Paramoecium, than it is to a monad.

From Project Gutenberg

The colpoda—undoubted infusoria—behave in an exactly similar manner.

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