whale louse
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Noun (1)
- amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceansType of amphipodMember of Cyamus, genus Cyamus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Whale louse
Zoology, any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus, especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various cetaceans.
From the entry Whale.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54