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fish louse

noun

Etymology

From fish + louse.

  1. derived from *lewH-✻
  2. inherited from *lūs✻
  3. inherited from *lūs✻
  4. inherited from lūs
  5. inherited from lous
  6. formed as fish louse — “fish + louse”

Definitions

  1. Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or…

    Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fish louse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA