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 1. a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
 • Hypernyms:
 luminance unit
 2. egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse;
 often attached to a hair or item of clothing
 • Hypernyms:
 egg
 
 
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