noun
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
• Hypernyms: ↑crustacean
• Hyponyms: ↑brit, ↑britt, ↑cyclops, ↑water flea, ↑fish louse
• Member Holonyms: ↑Copepoda, ↑subclass Copepoda
• Part Holonyms: ↑plankton
Useful english dictionary. 2012.