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Parasitic on fishes
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branchiura
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Branchiura \Bran"chi*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr., Gr. ? gill + o'yra` tail.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice ( Argulus ).
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Branchiura is a group of crustaceans ranked as a subclass of the class Maxillopoda . It comprises the fish lice of the family Argulidae , and the prehistoric Cyclida ("cycloids").