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English > 1 sense of the expression *whale louse*:
NOUN	animal	whale louse	amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans

English > *whale louse*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans.
Member of	Cyamus, genus Cyamus	whale lice
Broader	amphipod	A kind of malacostracan crustacean