copepod
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”) + -pod.
Pronunciation
Noun
copepod (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, 2013 edition, Granta Books, 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
Translations
any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass Copepoda
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
copepod n (plural copepode)
Declension
Declension 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 |
Categories:
- 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