copepod Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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Cop"e*pod adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- n. One of the Copepoda.

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