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Webster 1913 Edition
Copepoda
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Co-pep′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] an oar +
-poda
.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.
☞ They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes.