sucking louse

Other forms: sucking lice

Definitions of sucking louse
  1. noun
    wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
    synonyms: louse
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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
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    insect
    a small creature with six legs, three body fragments, two antennae, and usually wings belonging in the Arthropoda phylum
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