copepod
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”) + -pod.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcopepod (plural copepods)
- Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 270:
- 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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editany of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass Copepoda
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Anagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French copépodes.
Noun
editcopepod n (plural copepode)
Declension
editDeclension of copepod
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) copepod | copepodul | (niște) copepode | copepodele |
genitive/dative | (unui) copepod | copepodului | (unor) copepode | copepodelor |
vocative | copepodule | copepodelor |
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -pod
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Copepods
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Crustaceans