COPEPOD

copepod, copepod crustacean

(noun) minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

copepod (plural copepods)

Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important.

Anagrams

• co-opped

Source: Wiktionary


Cop"e*pod, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Copepoda.

– n.

Definition: One of the Copepoda.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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