fish louse

/fɪʃ laʊs/
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Definitions of fish louse
  1. noun
    a kind of copepod
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    type 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
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