Copepoda
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An order of minute entomostracous fresh-water and marine
Crustacea
: so named because their five pairs of feet are mostly used for Swimming.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun plural.
An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.
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noun.
minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans