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sea lice

sea lice is the plural of sea louse.

Meaning of sea louse

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
  2. The horseshoe crab.

Questions about sea lice

What is sea lice the plural of?
Sea lice is the plural of sea louse.

Words near sea lice in the dictionary

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  6. sea lice
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  10. sea lily
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