单词 | calanoid |
释义 | calanoidadj.n. Zoology. (Designating) a copepod of the order or suborder Calanoida, comprising free-living, filter-feeding, planktonic animals found in all parts of the oceans and important as food for fishes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > belonging to or characteristic of Copepoda > belonging to Calanoida calanoid1957 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Entomostraca > order Copepoda > other types of calanoid1957 1957 D. T. Gauld in Nature 9 Feb. 325/2 A similar membrane can easily be shown to surround the fæcal pellets of calanoid copepods. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 352 Among the calanoids, representatives of the following families have been found to be luminescent: Aetideidae, Lucicutiidae, [etc.]. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) II. 393/1 In biomass, the calanoids exceed all other copepod groups. 1979 Nature 13 Dec. 677/2 The herbivorous zooplankton of upwelling areas and of temperate waters are typically calanoid copepods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1957 |
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