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COPEPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Copepoda mean? 

COPEPODA (noun)
  The noun COPEPODA has 1 sense:

1. minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceansplay

  Familiarity information: COPEPODA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPEPODA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Copepoda; subclass Copepoda

Hypernyms ("Copepoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Copepoda"):

copepod; copepod crustacean (minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish)

genus Cyclops (copepod water fleas)

Branchiura; order Branchiura (copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes)

Holonyms ("Copepoda" is a member of...):

class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)


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