"copepod" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkoʊpɪpɒd/ Forms: copepods [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”) + -pod. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{der|en|grc|κώπη||handle}} Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”), {{affix|en|-pod}} -pod Head templates: {{en-noun}} copepod (plural copepods)
  1. Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important. Wikipedia link: copepod Categories (lifeform): Copepods Derived forms: copepodid, copepodite, copepodology Translations (any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass Copepoda): 橈足 (Chinese Mandarin), 桡足 (ráozú) (Chinese Mandarin), hankajalkainen (Finnish), Ruderfußkrebs [masculine] (German), illeraq (Greenlandic), evezőlábú rákok (Hungarian), widłonóg [masculine] (Polish), copepod [neuter] (Romanian)

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