colpoda

[ kol-poh-duh ]
/ kɒlˈpoʊ də /

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

Words nearby colpoda

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