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SUBCLASS COPEPODA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans

Synonyms:

Copepoda; subclass Copepoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subclass Copepoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "subclass Copepoda"):

copepod; copepod crustacean (minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish)

genus Cyclops (copepod water fleas)

Branchiura; order Branchiura (copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes)

Holonyms ("subclass Copepoda" is a member of...):

class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)

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