DIAPTOMUS


Meaning of DIAPTOMUS in English

-məs noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from di- + Greek haptein to grasp, fasten + ōmos shoulder — more at apsis , humerus

: a genus (the type of the family Diaptomidae) of widely distributed freshwater copepods

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