Plegepoda

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plegepoda \Ple*gep"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. (?) a stroke +
     -poda. In allusion to the rapid strokes of the vibrating
     cilia.] (Zool.)
     Same as {Infusoria}.
     [1913 Webster]