Definition of Fish louse

1. Noun. A kind of copepod.

Generic synonyms: Copepod, Copepod Crustacean
Group relationships: Branchiura, Order Branchiura

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Louse

fish glue
fish habitat
fish hawk
fish hawks
fish hook
fish hooks
fish house punch
fish joint
fish kettle
fish kettles
fish knife
fish knives
fish ladder
fish ladders
fish loaf
fish louse (current term)
fish lure
fish meal
fish mousse
fish oil
fish oils
fish or cut bait
fish out
fish out of water
fish owl
fish paste
fish poison
fish pond

Literary usage of Fish louse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson (1883)
"FISH-LOUSE AND ITS NAUPLIUS. to compare these early stages in both groups. ... Each fish-louse begins life as a Nauplius (Fig. ..."

2. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"The first species listed was "a fish-louse from a halibut (Pleuronectes)" with a ... IX; В, С), "fish louse from a codfish" (Fig. X), and Lernaea sp. (Fig. ..."

3. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"FISH-LOUSE, or SEA-LOUSE, names commonly given to the ... The name fish-louse is sometimes given also to the ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"FISH-LOUSE, or SEA-LOUSE, names commonly given to the ... The name fish-louse is sometimes given also to the ..."

5. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1888)
"This act of meritorious liberation is called H6-jo-ye. I beg to hand round microscopic drawings from life of the Argulus foliaceus (fish-louse) ..."

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