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Proper noun

Bodo m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bodonidae – certain flagellate protozoans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Bodonina - order; Bodonidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): family - type species; for other species see Bodo at AlgaeBase.

English

Noun

Bodo ‎(plural Bodos or Bodo)

1. One of an Indian minority ethnic group, early settlers of Assam.

Proper noun

Bodo

1. The Tibeto-Burman language, with ISO code brx, of the Bodo.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Bodo

1. A possibly extinct Bantu / Lebonya language, with ISO code boy, of the Central African Republic.

German

Alternative forms

• Botho
• Boto

Etymology

Either from Old Saxon bodo ‎(“master”) or from Old High German boto ‎(“messenger”); also a short form for given names beginning with Bodo- (Bodowin, Bodomar) or ending with -bod (as Adalbod)

Proper noun

Bodo m ‎(genitive Bodos)

1. A male given name, Bodo

Slovene

Verb

bodo

1. third-person plural future form of biti.