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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.

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