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from The Century Dictionary.
- A general name of the small parasitic crustaceans or fish-lice of the family Argulidæ, forming with some authors a suborder Branchiura, by others referred to the Branchiopoda: so called because they infest carp or cyprinoid fishes.
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A small group of temporary parasites known as carp-lice, which are strong swimmers but attach themselves to the gills of fishes, both marine and fresh water.
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