Cyamus (Noun)
Meaning
Whale lice.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Cyamus is a genus of crustaceans commonly known as whale lice that infest various species of cetaceans.
- Cyamus boopis is a species of whale louse that infests the gray whale.
- Several species of cyamus have been identified as ectoparasites on the skin of different whales.
- Cyamus ceti is a species of whale louse that infests the sperm whale and other cetaceans.
- Infestations of cyamus have been observed on the skin of bowhead whales in the Arctic.