Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Copepoda"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Copepoda \Co*pep"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? an oar + -poda.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea,
both fresh-water and marine.

Note: They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in
a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of
fishes.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Copepoda
n : minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans [syn: {Copepoda},
{subclass Copepoda}]

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