sea louse

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sea louse

noun sea lice

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

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noun member of the Caligidae family

日本語	フナムシ funamushi, 船虫 funamushi

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@misc{sea_louse_2026,
  title = {sea louse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sea%20louse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}