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单词 copepod
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
co•pe•pod  (kō′pə pod′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Invertebratesany of numerous tiny marine or freshwater crustaceans of the order (or subclass) Copepoda, lacking compound eyes or a carapace and usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax, some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish.
  • Greek kó̄pē a handle, oar + -poda -poda
  • Neo-Latin Copepoda name of the order
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
copepod /ˈkəʊpɪˌpɒd/ n
  1. any minute free-living or parasitic crustacean of the subclass Copepoda of marine and fresh waters: an important constituent of plankton
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Copepoda, from Greek kōpē oar + pous foot
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