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ˈsea-louse
[= L. pediculus marīnus (Pliny).]
1. A parasitic isopod crustacean of Cymothoa and allied genera; a fish-louse.
1601Holland Pliny xxxii. viii. II. 442 Those creepers or insects which be called sea-lice. a1682Sir T. Browne Norf. Fishes Wks. 1835 IV. 328 The gills of these fish we found beset with a kind of sea-louse. 1756P. Browne Jamaica (1789) 393 Corephium... The Sea-Louse. This creature..is often found sticking, like the Limpite, to the rocks. 1858Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. s.v. Isopoda, The genus Cymothoa..is called the sea louse by fishermen on the coast.
2. The Molucca crab, Limulus moluccensis.
1681Grew Musæum i. §vii. iii. 177 The Sharp-Tail'd Sea-Louse. Pediculus marinus cauda acuta. 1805G. Barry Orkney Isl. 310 In winter they [sc. Stares]..feed on what are called the sea-lice, or cancer pulex of Linnæus.
†3. A cowry. Obs.
1815Burrow Elem. Conchol. 199 Cypræa Pediculus Sea Louse. |