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CYAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyamus mean? 

CYAMUS (noun)
  The noun CYAMUS has 1 sense:

1. whale liceplay

  Familiarity information: CYAMUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CYAMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Whale lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cyamus; genus Cyamus

Hypernyms ("Cyamus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Cyamus"):

whale louse (amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans)

Holonyms ("Cyamus" is a member of...):

Amphipoda; order Amphipoda (small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp)


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