copepod

Definition of Copepod in English :

minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Copepod

noun

1.

any minute free-living or parasitic crustacean of the subclass Copepoda of marine and fresh waters: an important constituent of plankton

adjective

2.

of, relating to, or belonging to the Copepoda

noun

any of a class (Copepoda) of small, sometimes parasitic, crustaceans living in either salt or fresh water

n.

Any of numerous small marine or freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, including parasitic and free-living forms.