copepod

co·pe·pod

C0627800 (kō′pə-pŏd′)n. Any of numerous small marine or freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, including parasitic and free-living forms.

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[From New Latin Cōpēpoda, order name : Greek kōpē, oar; see kap- in Indo-European roots + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

copepod

(ˈkəʊpɪˌpɒd) n (Animals) any minute free-living or parasitic crustacean of the subclass Copepoda of marine and fresh waters: an important constituent of planktonadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Copepoda[C19: from New Latin Copepoda, from Greek kōpē oar + pous foot]

co•pe•pod

(ˈkoʊ pəˌpɒd)

n. any tiny marine or freshwater crustacean of the class Copepoda: some are abundant in plankton and others are parasitic. [1830–40; < New Latin Copepoda= cope-, appar. for copo-, combining form of Greek kṓpē handle, oar + -poda -poda]

co·pe·pod

(kō′pə-pŏd′) Any of various very small crustaceans having an elongated body and a forked tail. Copepods are abundant in both salt and fresh water. They are an important food source for many water animals.

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copepod - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fishcopepod crustaceanplankton - the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt watercrustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeletonCopepoda, subclass Copepoda - minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceansbritt, brit - minute crustaceans forming food for right whaleswater flea, cyclops - minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea wormsfish louse - a kind of copepod