copepod

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”) + -pod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊpɪpɒd/

Noun

copepod (plural copepods)

1. 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

• copepodid
• copepodite

Translations

any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass Copepoda

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橈足／桡足 (zh) (ráozú)

• Finnish: hankajalkainen
• German: Ruderfußkrebs m
• Greenlandic: illeraq
• Hungarian: evezőlábú rákok
• Polish: widłonóg (pl) m
• Romanian: copepod (ro) n

Anagrams

• co-opped

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French copépodes.

Noun

copepod n (plural copepode)

1. copepod

Declension

Declension of copepod

	singular		plural
	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