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Definition of Copepod crustacean
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.
Group relationships: Plankton
Generic synonyms: Crustacean
Group relationships: Copepoda, Subclass Copepoda
Specialized synonyms: Brit, Britt, Cyclops, Water Flea, Fish Louse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copepod Crustacean
Literary usage of Copepod crustacean
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. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"... and of a large copepod crustacean. The greater part of the food of Mackerel
consists, however, of minute crustaceans. Owing to the infinite abundance of ..."
3. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"It is recognizable as a copepod crustacean, but parasitic adaptation shows in
the modification of the antennae into hooks for adhesion, ..."
4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... system in 1 Possibly other remnants of the ca'lom exist as spaces in connective
tissue. * It remains to be ascertained whether the copepod crustacean ..."
5. Animal Life and Intelligence by Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1891)
"... which lead them to make provision for the chrysalis or imago condition of
which they can have no experience; the instinct of a copepod crustacean, ..."
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