Word Meanings - EPICARICAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.

Related words: (words related to EPICARICAN)

• PARASITIC; PARASITICAL
  Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. See Jager. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1.
• ISOPODOUS
  See ISOPOD
• PARASITICIDE
  Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain.
• ISOPOD
  Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda. -- n.
• CRUSTACEAN
  Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n.
• ISOPODIFORM
  Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larvæ of certain insects.
• ISOPODA
  An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure. Note: The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal segments short, and often consolidated in part. The branchiæ are on the abdominal
• ANISOPODA
  A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
• EUISOPODA
  A group which includes the typical Isopoda.