sea lice

A form of sea louse — Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of sea louse
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