| NOUN | animal | Copepoda, subclass Copepoda | minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans |
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| Meaning | minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans. | |
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| Synonym | subclass Copepoda | |
| Member of | Crustacea, class Crustacea | Class of mandibulate arthropods including |
| Members | Branchiura, order Branchiura | copepods with suctorial mouthparts |
| copepod, copepod crustacean | minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax | |
| genus Cyclops | copepod water fleas | |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
| Spanish | copépodos | |
| Catalan | Copepoda | |
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