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Definition of Copepod

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.

Definition of Copepod

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Copepoda.

Definition of Copepod

1. Noun. Any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass ''Copepoda'', that are widely distributed and ecologically important; they include the water fleas ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Copepod

1. a minute crustacean [n -S]

Medical Definition of Copepod

1. Any member of the order Copepoda. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Copepod

Literary usage of Copepod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"VARIATIONS IN A copepod CRUSTACEAN. BY CARL F. GISSLER, PH.D. N March, 1878, a large, deep pond near Glendale, Long Island, was found densely populated with ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"THE EYE OF THE PARASITIC copepod, ... edwardsii) Olsson, a parasitic copepod of the family ... copepod ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"by the same naturalist, which were owing to the presence of certain copepod crustaceans ; and on our Eastern shores the observer will find in almost every ..."

4. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1915)
"... CRUSTACEA A FREE-SWIMMING copepod (Cyclops) These minute animals are representatives of the division of Crustacea called the Entomostraca. ..."

5. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"... copepod CRYPTOGRAPHY To dire Lernaean Hydra what art thou? Her wounds were fruitful; from each sever'd head Each of her hundred necks two fiercer bred. ..."

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