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copepod vs water flea

water flea vs copepod

copepod and water flea both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
copepod Yes No No No
water flea Yes No No No
As nouns, water flea is a hyponym of copepod; that is, water flea is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than copepod:
  • copepod: minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
  • water flea: minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
Other hyponyms of copepod include brit, britt, cyclops, fish louse.
copepod (noun) water flea (noun)
minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
Difference between copepod and water flea

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