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Copepod — Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent … Wikipedia
crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… … Universalium
Crustacean larvae — Larval and adult prawns Nauplius larva Adult Penaeus monodon … Wikipedia
crustacean louse — ▪ invertebrate plural Crustacean Lice, any of various small aquatic invertebrates of the subphylum Crustacea (phylum Arthropoda) that are parasites of fish. Crustacean lice include fish lice (subclass Branchiura), copepod fish parasites… … Universalium
copepod — /koh peuh pod /, n. any of numerous tiny marine or freshwater crustaceans of the order (or subclass) Copepoda, lacking compound eyes or a carapace and usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax, some abundant in plankton and others parasitic … Universalium
copepod — [ kəʊpɪpɒd] noun Zoology a small or microscopic aquatic crustacean of the large class Copepoda. Origin from mod. L. Copepoda, from Gk kōpē handle, oar + pous, pod foot (because of their paddle like feet) … English new terms dictionary
copepod — co•pe•pod [[t]ˈkoʊ pəˌpɒd[/t]] n. ivt any tiny marine or freshwater crustacean of the class Copepoda: some are abundant in plankton and others are parasitic • Etymology: 1830–40; < NL Copepoda=cope , appar. forcopo , combining form of Gk kṓpē… … From formal English to slang
copepod — n. any small aquatic crustacean of the class Copepoda, many of which form the minute components of plankton. Etymology: Gk kope oar handle + pous podos foot … 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
water flea — noun 1. 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 worms • Syn … Useful english dictionary
