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Noun: copepod crustacean
  1. Minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
    - copepod

Derived forms: copepod crustaceans

Type of: crustacean

Part of: Copepoda, plankton, subclass Copepoda