fish louse

fish louse

n (Animals) any small flat rounded crustacean of the subclass Branchiura, having sucking mouth parts: parasites of fish

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fish louse - a kind of copepod copepod, copepod crustacean - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fishBranchiura, order Branchiura - copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes