sea louse

English

Noun

sea louse (plural sea lice)

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

Synonyms

• caligid

References

• “sea louse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• sea louse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caligidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caligidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons