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Louse
Louse meaning
A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. | A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
Example sentences (16)
This is an allergic reaction to louse bites.
But a louse can have a more interesting lifecycle than a lion, when you get close up.
I tried some off the shelf anti louse shampoo and a special comb on her but neither helped.
The only 100% SURE CURE for louse infestation is the removal of all eggs.
The system is also designed to look out for a perennially problematic visitor to fish farms - the parasitic sea louse.
A study involving 930 homeless people in Marseilles, France found high rates of seroprevalence to R. prowazekii and a high prevalence of louse-borne infections in the homeless.
For example, in humans, different species of louse inhabit the scalp and pubic hair.
Hearing voices coming from it, however, Coyote opens the basket and the people, the world's first human beings, pour out of it in all directions. citation The Irish songwriter John Lyons (b. 1934) wrote the popular song The Kilkenny Louse House.
If their host dies, lice can opportunistically use phoresis to hitch a ride on a fly and attempt to find a new host. citation A louse's color varies from pale beige to dark gray; however, if feeding on blood, it may become considerably darker.
It is a chewing louse ( Mallophaga ), which feeds on the feathers and skin debris of birds.
Modern history Drawing of a louse clinging to a human hair.
Quite often, something will happen to louse up whatever scheme she's currently cooked up.
Sea louse infestation in wild juvenile salmon and Pacific herring associated with fish farms off the east-central coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
The body louse has the smallest genome of any known insect; it has been used as a model organism and has been the subject of much research.
The disease is then transmitted to an uninfected human who scratches the louse bite (which itches) and rubs the feces into the wound.
This is particularly a problem for poverty -stricken populations as they often do not have multiple sets of clothing, preventing them from practicing good hygiene habits that could prevent louse infestation.