copepod
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”) + -pod.
Pronunciation
Noun
copepod (plural copepods)
- Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 270:
- To eat, the whale takes a wide-open gulp of water and closes its jaws to a slit so that as it pushes its tongue forwards and upwards, water is forced through the baleen while the copepods, krill and other animals it likes to eat remain in its mouth.
Derived terms
Translations
any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass Copepoda
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French copépodes.
Noun
copepod n (plural copepode)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | copepod | copepodul | copepode | copepodele | |
| genitive-dative | copepod | copepodului | copepode | copepodelor | |
| vocative | copepodule | copepodelor | |||