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head louse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pediculus capitis |
| Type of | louse, sucking louse |
Examples of head louse
head louse
The human head louse has been around for millenniums.
From the time.com
To see a fist-size head louse or the finger-size fungi that cause athlete's foot is enough to make anyone bathe twice a day.
From the sacbee.com
Pediculus humanus capitis, the human head louse, is back in alarming numbers in school systems from New York to California.
From the time.com
The most common weapons against the head louse use chemicals known as pyrethroids and organophosphates, both of which disrupt the creature's nerves.
From the newscientist.com
Business has been booming at such boutique operations ever since the head louse, or Pediculus humanus capitis, developed resistance to the traditionally prescribed shampoos Rid and Nix.
From the time.com
All my children regularly caught head lice, and one seemed to have a magnetic attraction for any passing louse.
From the independent.co.uk
The louse can spread from the mesh pens of salmon farms and infect juvenile wild salmon as they head seaward.
From the newscientist.com
Wanting to avoid vine clones from a laboratory, nearly all of his head-trained vines are from cuttings and grown on their own roots, making them vulnerable to the vine louse Phylloxera.
From the sfgate.com
A louse, or an egg about to hatch, can still be grasping to a hair shaft that's caught in a hat, then crawl onto the head of the next wearer.
From the timesunion.com
