/koh"peuh pod'/ , n.
any of numerous tiny marine or freshwater crustaceans of the order (or subclass) Copepoda, lacking compound eyes or a carapace and usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax, some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish.
[ 1830-40; Copepoda name of the order kópe a handle, oar + -poda -PODA ]