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Sea louse has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

marine isopod crustacean

2

Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.

See Also
mucus marine caligid fish epidermal tissue ectoparasite blood
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
isopod
Rhyming Words
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