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copepod crustacean vs cyclops

cyclops vs copepod crustacean

copepod crustacean and cyclops both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
copepod crustacean Yes No No No
cyclops Yes No No No
As nouns, cyclops is a hyponym of copepod crustacean; that is, cyclops is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than copepod crustacean:
  • copepod crustacean: minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
  • cyclops: 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 crustacean include brit, britt, water flea, fish louse.
copepod crustacean (noun) cyclops (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 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 crustacean and cyclops

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