copepoda
English Thesaurus
1. minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus cyclops, |
| definition | : | copepod water fleas (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | class crustacea, crustacea, |
| definition | : | class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas (noun.animal) |
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