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copepod

Adjective, Noun

co=pe=pod

WORDNET DICTIONARY

copepod(n = noun.animal) copepod crustacean - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish; Array

is a part of plankton

is a kind of crustacean

is a member of copepoda, subclass copepoda

has particulars: brit, britt, cyclops, water flea, fish louse

copepod, a.

Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. [1913 Webster]

copepod, n. any small aquatic crustacean of the class Copepoda, many of which form the minute components of plankton.

Etymology

Gk kope oar-handle + pous podos foot

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