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Noun
1. copepods (small crustaceans of subclass Copepoda)
Wikipedia definition
2. CopepodCopepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (drifting in sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds and puddles, damp moss, or water-filled recesses of plants such as bromeliads and pitcher plants.
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Other forms
橈脚類 【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】

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