whale louse
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Noun[edit]
whale louse (plural whale lice)
- A parasitic amphipod crustacean of the family Cyamidae found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea, i.e. whales, dolphins and porpoises.
- 1971 Mar, National Geographic, page 411:
- Crablike whale lice dig deeply into sores and cuts.
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parasitic crustacean of the family Cyamidae
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