copepod

A noun referring to a minute marine or freshwater crustacean, typically having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some are abundant in plankton and others are parasitic on fish.

• 🇨🇳一种微小的海洋或淡水甲壳动物，胸部通常有六对附肢；有些在浮游生物中数量众多，另一些寄生在鱼类身上。

1. Small aquatic crustacean C2 formal scientific

   A minute marine or freshwater crustacean, typically having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some are abundant in plankton and others are parasitic on fish.

   • Copepods are a key component of the marine food web.
   • The scientist studied the behavior of parasitic copepods on salmon.
   • Plankton samples often contain thousands of tiny copepods.

   🇨🇳桡足类

• copepods plural form
• copepods' possessive plural form
• copepod's possessive singular form