Colpodidae

plural noun

Col·​po·​di·​dae

kälˈpōdəˌdē

: a large family of common and widely distributed chiefly aquatic free-living holotrichous ciliates

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Colpoda Colpoda + -idae -idae

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