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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Copepoda \Co*pep"o*da\, n. pl [NL., from Gr ? an oar + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine. Note: They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Copepoda n : minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans [syn: {Copepoda}, {subclass Copepoda}]
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