copepod 
minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish • Syn: copepod crustacean • Hypernyms: crustacean • Hyponyms: brit, britt, cyclops, water flea, fish louse • Member Holonyms: Copepoda, subclass Copepoda • Part Holonyms: plankton
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