- order Branchiura
- nouncopepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes• Syn: ↑Branchiura• Hypernyms: ↑animal order• Member Holonyms: ↑Copepoda, ↑subclass Copepoda• Member Meronyms: ↑fish louse
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order Branchiura
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Branchiura — noun copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes • Syn: ↑order Branchiura • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Copepoda, ↑subclass Copepoda • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Branchiura — Taxobox name = Branchiura image width = 230px image caption = Argulus sp. on a fish regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Maxillopoda subclassis = Branchiura subclassis authority = Thorell, 1864 ordo = Arguloida… … Wikipedia
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
fish louse — noun a kind of copepod • Hypernyms: ↑copepod, ↑copepod crustacean • Member Holonyms: ↑Branchiura, ↑order Branchiura * * * noun : any of various small crustaceans (as the carp louse) parasitic on fishes; … Useful english dictionary
Copepoda — noun minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans • Syn: ↑subclass Copepoda • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Crustacea, ↑class Crustacea • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subclass Copepoda — noun minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans • Syn: ↑Copepoda • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Crustacea, ↑class Crustacea • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Copepoda — An order of abundant, free living, freshwater and marine crustaceans of basic importance in the aquatic food chain in both the marine and freshwater environments; some species are commonly called water fleas. Some are ectoparasites of both cold… … Medical dictionary
carp louse — noun Etymology: carp (II) + louse : any of the members of the copepod genus Argulus (order Branchiura) all of which are parasites on the skin or gills of fish see fish louse * * * carp louse, a branchiuran, parasitic on fish … Useful english dictionary
anus — (Order Cladocera): Posterior opening of digestive tract at end of postabdomen. (terminal, on dorsal margin) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Notostraca): Posterior opening of digestive tract at end of telson; located between caudal rami and may be… … Crustacea glossary
heart — (Order Cladocera): In circulatory system, typically short, muscular pumping organ located anterior to brood chamber in trunk. Blood enters heart through single pair of ostia and is pumped anteriorly into a sinus, although certain predatory water… … Crustacea glossary
