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.

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  • 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).

    Canary Current large marine ecosystem 2008

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  • The 1st letter of Copepoda is upper case.

    Copepoda are generally anteroposteriorly fastigated.

    July 10, 2011

  • Yikes!

    July 11, 2011