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copepodology
crustacean
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zoëa
calanid
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cyclopoid
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copepoda
tharybid
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water flea
copepods
calanoid
dirivultid
harpacticoid
monstrilloid
maxillopod
sea louse
poecilostomatoid
Definitions:
Noun
copepod
copepod crustacean
Definition: minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
Definition: Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important.