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CYAMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whale lice
Synonyms:
Cyamus; genus Cyamus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cyamus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Cyamus"):
whale louse (amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans)
Holonyms ("Cyamus" is a member of...):
Amphipoda; order Amphipoda (small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp)
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