cyclops (n)
water flea#2 (n)

n01997119

type n
lex_filenum 05
def minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming
def important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
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Hypernym copepod, copepod crustacean
Member holonym genus Cyclops
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Hyponym copepod, copepod crustacean
Member meronym genus Cyclops

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