Word Meanings - ARGULUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.
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- PARASITIC; PARASITICAL
Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. See Jager. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1. - LOUSE
G. laus, OHG. l, Icel. l, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because 1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe , now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the - PARASITICIDE
Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain. - CRUSTACEA
One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. Note: The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called - COPEPODA
An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, both freshwater and marine. Note: They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes. - BRANCHIURA
A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice . - GENUS
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms. - CRUSTACEAN
Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. - COPEPOD
Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- n. - LOUSEWORT
Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy. Yellow lousewort , a plant of the genus Rhinanthus. - BARK LOUSE
An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines. Note: The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale. - SUBGENUS
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. - SEA WOOD LOUSE
A sea slater. - BLOUSE
A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army. - EUCOPEPODA
A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans. - FLEA-LOUSE
A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri. - PRICKLOUSE
A tailor; -- so called in contempt. L'Estrange. - SEA LOUSE
Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.