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Meaning of cyamid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A crustacean of the family Cyamidae; a whale louse.

Examples

“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).”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

cyamiid cyamodontid Cyan Cyanamid cyanamide cyanase