louse
- noun
- /laʊs/
- 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
1
9.9
A small jumping insect that feeds on plant juices and damages plants
1
7.0
A small insect like an aphid that sucks juices from plants
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8.2
A small jumping insect that sucks sap from plants and can damage crops
1
9.9
A small insect with strong back legs that jumps and feeds on plant juices
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
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
8.9
A small sea animal that lives on fish and sometimes eats dead plants or animals
- Specialized
1
8.7
A small insect that lives in clothing, bites people, and can spread disease
- Specialized
1
9.8
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- Specialized
1
9.1
A small insect that lives in the hair of the private parts and causes itching
- Specialized
1
9.9
A small wingless insect that lives on birds or mammals and drinks their blood
- UK
1
7.4
A small grey animal with a flat, segmented body that lives under damp logs or stones
- Specialized
1
9.9
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and bites their skin or feathers
- Specialized
1
9.9
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and eats their feathers and skin
- Specialized
1
9.9
A small insect with strong back legs that jumps and feeds on plant juices
- Specialized
1
9.6
A very small insect that has no wings and eats mold on books and paper and can damage them
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.