Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of minute entomostracous fresh-water and marine Crustacea: so named because their five pairs of feet are mostly used for Swimming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans
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For information about the pelagic species Scomber japonicus and its predator/prey interactions with other stocks and with zooplankton (copepoda and mysidacea), see Gonzalez and Bas (1989).
biocon commented on the word copepoda
The 1st letter of Copepoda is upper case.
Copepoda are generally anteroposteriorly fastigated.
July 10, 2011
milosrdenstvi commented on the word copepoda
Yikes!
July 11, 2011