Zool. [mod.L., f. caliga ‘shoe.’] A genus of pœcilopodous crustacean parasites, family Caligidæ. Hence Caligoid.
1836. Penny Cycl., VI. 161/1. Caligus … commonly known among the fishermen as fish-lice.
1852. Dana, Crust., II. 1525. Few Caligoids have been reported from the Torrid zone.
