louse

Synonyms:

sucking louse

Types:

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Pediculus humanus, common louse

head or body louse

Pediculus capitis, head louse

infests the head and body of humans

Pediculus corporis, body louse, cootie

a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings

Phthirius pubis, crab, crab louse, pubic louse

a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

Type of:

insect

small air-breathing arthropod

Synonyms:

dirt ball, insect, worm

Type of:

disagreeable person, unpleasant person

a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

Synonyms:

plant louse

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aphid

any of various small plant-sucking insects

Aphis pomi, apple aphid, green apple aphid

bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves

Aphis fabae, bean aphid, blackfly

blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

greenfly

greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants

ant cow

excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants

woolly aphid, woolly plant louse

secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads

adelgid

any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers

Adelges piceae, balsam woolly aphid

a variety of adelgid

Adelges abietis, spruce gall aphid

a variety of adelgid

Pineus pinifoliae, pine leaf aphid

a variety of adelgid

woolly adelgid

an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree

Phylloxera vitifoleae, grape louse, grape phylloxera

destructive to various grape plants

jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid

small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices

oak blight

a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods

Type of:

homopteran, homopterous insect

insects having membranous forewings and hind wings

Synonyms:

bird louse, biting louse

Types:

Menopon gallinae, Menopon palladum, chicken louse, shaft louse

a louse parasitic on poultry

Type of:

insect

small air-breathing arthropod