copepodadj.n.
/ˈkəʊpɪpɒd/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Belonging to the order Copepoda of minute entomostracous Crustaceans, having four or five pairs of feet chiefly used for swimming.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > belonging to or characteristic of Copepoda
copepod1876
copepodous1877
copepodan1888
1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 45 It attaches itself to a copepod crustacean.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 348 The resemblance to an adult Copepod is so striking that it may be termed the Copepod stage.
B. n.
A member of this order: plural copepods; collectively, as name of the order, (in Latin form) copepoda /kəʊˈpɛpədə/.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Entomostraca > order Copepoda
copepod1835
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Entomostraca > order Copepoda > member of
copepod1835
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 762/1 The copepoda supply no such instances of thoracic extremities..destined for swimming.
1885 Athenæum 11 Apr. 474/2 The phyllopods and copepods.
Derivatives
coˈpepodan adj.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > belonging to or characteristic of Copepoda
copepod1876
copepodous1877
copepodan1888
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 536 The three parasitic Copepodan genera.
coˈpepodous adj. belonging to or characteristic of the Copepoda.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > belonging to or characteristic of Copepoda
copepod1876
copepodous1877
copepodan1888
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 358 The fore part of the head has remained Copepodous.
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