Euglypha

noun

Eu·​gly·​pha

ˈyügləfə,

yüˈglifə

: a genus (the type of a cosmopolitan family Euglyphidae) of freshwater amoeboid protozoans with a plated test, one or two nuclei, and dichotomously branched filopodia

euglyphid

-fə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from eu- + Greek glyphē carving, from glyphein to carve or hollow out

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