louse
- noun
- /laʊs/
:
pulgón
- LOUSE 2:
- plant louse
- phylloxera louse
Examples
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You're much more attractive since you turned into a louse.
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I couldn't imagine touching a wood louse, and ants seemed
Blog text (4) -
I would give each louse a sharp bite after catching it.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's a wood louse on Scidia.
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You can't frighten even a sick louse with that.
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- Louse?
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The gardener noticed that the tomato plants were infested with a small louse that damaged the leaves.
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Farmers struggled to control the louse populations, which were sucking the sap from their crops.
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After weeks of care, the plant finally recovered from the attack by a notorious louse that had stunted its growth.
Synonyms
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5.6
A small insect that sucks sap from plants and often damages them
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9.9
A small jumping insect that feeds on plant juices and damages plants
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8.2
A small jumping insect that sucks sap from plants and can damage crops
A small insect like an aphid that sucks juices from plants
A small insect that looks like white cotton on plants and sucks their juice
A small insect that feeds on clover plants and can damage them
A small insect that eats pea plants and damages crops
A small insect that eats and harms onion and tobacco plants
A small insect with strong back legs that jumps and feeds on plant juices
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
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A small wingless insect that lives on birds and eats their feathers and skin
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A very small insect that has no wings and eats mold on books and paper and can damage them
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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
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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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Louse was also used for small pests that feed on a host, so gardeners call plant pests 'lice' because they 'suck' the sap from leaves and stems. That is why louse can mean tiny insects like aphids that damage plants.