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whale louse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
whale louse
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parasitic amphipod crustacean of the family Cyamidae found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea, i.e. whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

whale lice (plural) whalelouse (alternative) whale-louse (alternative)

Synonyms

cyamid

Questions

What does whale louse mean?
A parasitic amphipod crustacean of the family Cyamidae found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea, i.e. whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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