'Copepod' definitions:
Definition of 'copepod'
(from WordNet)
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, copepod crustacean]
Definition of 'Copepod'
From: GCIDE
- Copepod \Cop"e*pod\, a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- n. One of the Copepoda. [1913 Webster]