Associations to the word «Copepod»

Wiktionary

COPEPOD, noun. Any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important; they include the water fleas

Dictionary definition

COPEPOD, noun. Minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish.

Wise words

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