sea louse

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   marine isopod crustacean

   Synonymssea slater

   Broaderisopod

Questions about sea louse

What does sea louse mean?

sea louse means "marine isopod crustacean".

What is another word for sea louse?

Close synonyms include sea slater. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sea louse a common word?

sea louse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.