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louse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sucking louse |
| Type of | insect |
| Has types | pubic louse, head louse, body louse, pediculus capitis, pediculus corporis, pediculus humanus, crab louse, phthirius pubis, common louse, cootie, crab |
| Derivation | lousy |
louse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bird louse, biting louse |
| Type of | insect |
| Has types | menopon palladum, chicken louse, shaft louse, menopon gallinae |
| Derivation | lousy |
louse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plant louse |
| Type of | homopterous insect, homopteran |
| Has types | adelgid, aphid, grape louse, grape phylloxera, jumping plant louse, oak blight, phylloxera vitifoleae, psylla, psyllid |
| Derivation | lousy |
louse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dirt ball, insect, worm |
| Type of | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
Examples of louse
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The mother louse glues louse eggs to hair, and those structures are called nits.
From the stltoday.com
The sea louse Caligus elongatus is a parasite that attaches to the skin of fish.
From the sciencedaily.com
In an average life span of three months, the mother louse can lay up to 300 eggs.
From the stltoday.com
If she misses the early train, she lives a dismal life with a louse of a husband.
From the courier-journal.com
Louse species known to infest stoats include Mysidea picae and Polyplax spinulosa.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The cause was a tiny louse, known as phylloxera, imported from North America.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The funny part is that he was a drunken louse and Cassie is happy to be rid of him.
From the usatoday.com
The company now employs 16 louse removers from North Carolina to Connecticut.
From the businessweek.com
Comparing the mammalian and louse tree, the team found eight co-speciations.
From the newscientist.com
- Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- Worm: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- Plant louse: any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
- Bird louse: wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
- Lice (singular: louse) is the common name for over 3000 species of wingless insects of the order Phthiraptera; three of which are classified as human disease agents. ...
- A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera; A contemptible person; one who has recently taken an action considered deceitful or indirectly harmful; To remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse
- To dream of a louse, foretells that you will have uneasy feelings regarding your health, and an enemy will give you exasperating vexation. See Lice.
- According to some this species of vermin was one of the features of the third Egyptian plague. It is but too common through all eastern countries.
- A bad or cruel person.
