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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Siphonostomata

· Si·pho·no·stom·a·ta · IPA
01 n. pl. A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth…
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    A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.(Zool.)