Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea louse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: sea louse
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.

noun

The horseshoe crab.

Inflected Forms

sea lice (plural)

Synonyms

caligid sea slater

Questions

What does sea louse mean?: Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.

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