Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of parasitic suctorial crustaceans, of the group called
Epizoa , or fish-lice, having the elongated labium and metastoma united in a tube which incloses the sharp styliform mandibles, typical of the family Caligidæ. C. curtus is a parasite of the cod.
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I’d recommend caligus, fog, if you insist on atmospheric phenomena; but velo, velare conveys your meaning without assistance.
Archive 2005-09-01 Holly 2005
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I’d recommend caligus, fog, if you insist on atmospheric phenomena; but velo, velare conveys your meaning without assistance.
“Hi servi invivi quos quaeris non sunt.”* Holly 2005
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