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Colpodidae

plural noun
Col·​po·​di·​dae | \ kälˈpōdəˌdē\

Definition of Colpodidae

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

History and Etymology for Colpodidae

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

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