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nounminute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
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Definition that contains copepod
- order branchiura copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
- genus cyclops copepod water fleas
- branchiura copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes