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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any small external parasite of a whale; a fish-louse or epizoic crustacean infesting whales; especially, a læmodipod of the family Cyamidæ, as Cyamus ceti and other species of this genus. See cut under
Cyamus . Alsowhale-flea .
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