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colpus

colpus noun: a groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen.

Noun

colpus (plural colpi)

  1. A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

Forms of colpus

pluralcolpi

Origin of colpus

From Late Latin colpus (“hollow space, pocket”), from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “hollow space, pocket”).

Words formed from colpus

Questions about colpus

What does colpus mean?
Colpus means a groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen.
What part of speech is colpus?
Colpus is a noun.
What is the plural of colpus?
The plural of colpus is colpi.

Words near colpus in the dictionary

  1. colpotomies
  2. colpotomy
  3. Colpoys
  4. Colpoyses
  5. colps
  6. colpus
  7. Colquhoun
  8. Colquhouns
  9. colquiriite
  10. Colquitt
  11. Colquitt County

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