COPEPOD - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kowpu`pâd
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] minute marine or fresh-water crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish

	Synonyms:	copepod crustacean

	See Also:	brit, britt, Copepoda, crustacean, cyclops, fish louse, plankton, subclass Copepoda, water flea

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Cop"e*pod\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- n. One of the Copepoda.