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 adjective or noun
-fə̇d
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from eu- + Greek glyphē carving, from glyphein to carve or hollow out