Definition of Copepada

Definition of Copepada

||Co*pep"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; an oar + -poda.] (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.

&fist; They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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