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colpoda

[ kol-poh-duh ]

noun

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


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of colpoda1

1790; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek °ì´Ç±ô±èṓd ( ŧ²õ ) embosomed, embayed ( °ìó±ô±è ( os ) bosom + -Ådŧ²õ -ode 1 ) + Latin -a -a 2
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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.

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

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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.

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

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