[カイアシるい(カイアシ類);かいあしるい(橈脚類);とうきゃくるい(橈脚類);じょうきゃくるい(橈脚類), kaiashi rui ( kaiashi rui ); kaiashirui ( tou ashi rui ); toukyakurui ( tou ashi ru] (n) copepods (small crustaceans of subclass Copepoda) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Copepoda \Co*pep"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? an oar + -poda.]
(Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea,
both fresh-water and marine.
[1913 Webster]
Note: They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in
a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of
fishes.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Copepoda
n 1: minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans [syn:
{Copepoda}, {subclass Copepoda}]