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cyclops

noun

minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of…

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Word length
7
Starts with
C
Ends with
S
Contains
YC
Scrabble score
16
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms

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