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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

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

cyamiid cyamodontid Cyan Cyanamid cyanamide cyanase

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