harpacticoidn.
/hɑːˈpaktɪkɔɪd/ Zoology.
One of the order Harpacticoida, very small worm-like copepod crustacea. Also as adj.
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1946 Nature 28 Dec. 935/1 Its [sc. Bathynella's] habitat..is analogous to that of the interstitial harpacticoid cope~pods.
1952 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles xii. 176 There are about forty-six species of Harpacticoids in Britain.
1956 Nature 11 Feb. 289/2 The sample contained..one harpacticoid copepod and numerous nematodes.
1961 J. Green Biol. Crustacea v. 72 There may be one sac, as in many calamoids and harpacticoids, or two sacs as in most cyclopoids.
1970 Nature 24 Oct. 323/2 These fish use their gill rakers to strain off the minute animals such as harpacticoid copepods.
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