noun🔗Share桡足动物,桡足类。 Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important.""The scientist used a fine net to collect the copepods from the ocean water for her research on marine food chains." "那位科学家用精密的网从海水中收集桡足动物,用于她对海洋食物链的研究。animalorganismbiologyoceanecologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading