Cymothoa (simotho)

[NL. (Fabric i us, 1798), κύμα , anything swollen, a wave, etc., Cymothoa oval is , upper and under views. (Line shows natural size.) + θοός, quick, also pointed.] The typical genus of the family Cymothoida. C.æstrum is a common kind of fish-louse, parasitic upon many fishes, to which it clings tightly by means of its hooked legs. cynegetics.