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  1. n. A copepod within the order Siphonostomatoida; a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. marine isopod crustacean

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  • “The evidence was shockingly conclusive: the GPR printout showing the insertion shaft in the Milne Ice Shelf; photos of a living sea louse resembling NASA's fossil; Dr. Pollock's article on ocean chondrules; and microprobe data showing ultradepleted zirconium in the meteorite.”

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  1. isopod

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