释义 |
copepodid, a.|kəˈpɛpədɪd| [f. mod.L. Copepoda: see copepod and -id3.] Designating, or characteristic of, a free-swimming immature stage in the development of some copepods.
1912Records Indian Museum VII. 329 In the summer season, the Copepodid stage can become at once sexually mature. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth iv. 133 During the later free-living copepodid stages of development..the number of abdominal segments is increasing. 1963R. D. Barnes Invertebrate Zool. xv. 407/1 The adult structure is attained typically after six naupliar and six copepodid instars. |