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.

Exact synonyms: Copepod
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

cope with
copeck
copecks
coped
copedant
copedants
copel
copels
copeman
copemate
copemates
copemen
copen
copens
copepod
copepod crustacean (current term)
copepods
coper
copered
copering
copernicium
copers
copes
copesetic
copesettic
copesmate
copesmates
copestone
copestones
copha

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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