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FISH LOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fish louse mean?
• FISH LOUSE (noun)
The noun FISH LOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a kind of copepod
Familiarity information: FISH LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A kind of copepod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("fish louse" is a kind of...):
copepod; copepod crustacean (minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish)
Holonyms ("fish louse" is a member of...):
Branchiura; order Branchiura (copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes)
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