louse
3
6.7
- noun
- /laʊs/
:
piojo
- After several inspections, we confirmed that the pet was infested with lice, which included one identifiable louse.
- head louse
- louse-ridden
- one louse
He thought of all the lice that would soon spill from his scalp.
- He thought of all the lice that would soon spill from his scalp.
- The complex was so filthy, so dirty that I got lice in my hair as a kid.
- She had every animal you could, you could think of down to lice and ticks.
- You've got garments and they're dirty and stinky and probably lice infested.
- I had hepatitis and we all three had worms and and lice.
- But it said, oh, there's a different species of lice that inhabits our clothing as our hair.
- But in that same apartment complex, shade tree apartments, I got lice.
- Like when we were kids, how big lice was of a problem?
- Lice, itchy, disgusting, impossible to get rid of lice.
- That is to say, she followed the signs and suffered from lice infestation during the war and passed the lice onto the GIS.
Examples
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Cases of louse-borne typhus occurred mainly in cold months and in rural communities.
Academic text (2014) -
To check for a louse, you should examine your child's scalp carefully for small, moving insects.
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To find out if your child has a head louse, do a test!
Blog text (5) -
The louse got away.
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A baby was screaming in a cot, unconsciously batting a louse that was trying to crawl over the vomity blankets toward its mouth.
Fiction book (1994) -
The problem is, however, that the exotic deer brought in a type of louse to which the native deer are susceptible, with the result that they itch, scratch like crazy, and lose large patches of hair, which precludes the deer, especially fawns and yearlings, from freezing to death.
Blog text (12) -
Schools often send home alerts about potential outbreaks of lice, reminding parents to inspect for a louse infestation.
Synonyms
A small wingless insect that lives on birds or mammals and drinks their blood
A small insect that lives on the head or body of people and drinks their blood
A small insect that lives in clothing, bites people, and can spread disease
A small insect that lives in human hair and feeds on blood
A small insect that lives on people and drinks their blood
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and bites their skin or feathers
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and eats their feathers and skin
A small insect that lives on chickens and other birds and eats their blood
A small insect that lives on chickens' feathers and causes itching
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in clothing, bites people, and can spread disease
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and bites their skin or feathers
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and eats their feathers and skin
- Specialized
A very small insect that has no wings and eats mold on books and paper and can damage them
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- Specialized
A small insect with strong back legs that jumps and feeds on plant juices
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in the hair of the private parts and causes itching
- Specialized
A small sea animal that lives on fish and sometimes eats dead plants or animals
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds or mammals and drinks their blood
- UK
A small grey animal with a flat, segmented body that lives under damp logs or stones
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Louse comes from an old English word lūs that meant 'louse' or 'small bug' that lives on hair or skin. So a louse is a tiny parasite that clings to people or animals and feeds on them.