Medical Dictionary
Diaptomus
noun Di·ap·to·mus \dī-ˈap-tə-məs\
Medical Definition of DIAPTOMUS
: a genus (the type of the family Diaptomidae) of widely distributed freshwater copepods including some which serve as intermediate hosts for the fish tapeworm of humans
—di·ap·to·mid \-məd\ noun
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