FISH LOUSE

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 I. (noun) 

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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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