cyamid en · NOUN
Etymology
From family name Cyamidae.
Meanings
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A crustacean of the family Cyamidae; a whale louse.
These are callosities: roughened skin caused by infestations of what ‘lice’ (which are actually parasitic crustaceans called cyamids less than an inch long that feed on flakes of skin).
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 271:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyamids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |