"fish louse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fish lice [plural]
Etymology: From fish + louse. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fish|louse}} fish + louse Head templates: {{en-noun|fish lice}} fish louse (plural fish lice)
  1. Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills
    Certain members of class Copepoda.
    Sense id: en-fish_louse-en-noun-jHETg66H
  2. Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills
    Synonym of carp louse (family Argulidae)
    Categories (lifeform): Copepods, Crustaceans Synonyms: carp louse [synonym, synonym-of], fishlouse
    Sense id: en-fish_louse-en-noun-b9SOORBR Disambiguation of Copepods: 41 59 Disambiguation of Crustaceans: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74

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