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copepods

copepods is the plural of copepod.

Meaning of copepod

Noun

copepod (plural copepods)

  1. Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda; they are widely distributed and ecologically important.
    • 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.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 270

Questions about copepods

What is copepods the plural of?
Copepods is the plural of copepod.

Words near copepods in the dictionary

  1. copepodites
  2. copepodological
  3. copepodologist
  4. copepodologists
  5. copepodology
  6. copepods
  7. copeptin
  8. coper
  9. coperas
  10. copered
  11. coperform

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