ˌembəˈdämənəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from embado- (from Greek embad-, embas slipper, coarse shoe, from embainein to step in, go on, from em- en- (II) + bainein to go) + -monas; from the shape — more at in , come
: a genus of small flagellates with two unequal flagella commensal in the intestines of various vertebrates including man