PODOPHRYA


Meaning of PODOPHRYA in English

pəˈdäfrēə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pod- + -ophrya (from Greek ophryē, ophrys crag, brow of a hill, eyebrow) — more at brow

: a genus (the type of the family Podophryidae) of stalked subspherical naked suctorian protozoans common in fresh or salt water

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