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Fish louse
Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills
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Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fishlousenoun | Alternative form of fish louse. [Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills] |
| carp lousenoun | A small crustacean of the family Argulidae, parasitic on fishes. |
| sea lousenoun | Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes. |
| branchiurannoun | Any fish louse of the subclass Branchiura |
| learnean | — |
| sealousenoun | Alternative form of sea louse. [Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.] |
| snailfishnoun | Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish. |
| water fleanoun | Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming. |
| crestfishnoun | Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae. |
| anglerfishnoun | Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey. |
| fishwormnoun | A worm used as bait in angling. |
| lophogastridnoun | Any malacostracan crustacean of the order Lophogastrida |
| lophiiformnoun | Any anglerfish of the order Lophiiformes |
| lumpfishnoun | A lumpsucker. |
| leptostracannoun | Any crustacean of the order Leptostraca. |
| whale lousenoun | 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. |
| jobfishnoun | Any of various fishes of the family Lutjanidae. |
| bottomfishnoun | Any fish that lives on or near the seabed |
| clingfishnoun | A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed. |
| goosefishnoun | Any anglerfish of the family Lophiidae. |
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