- short-nosed cattle louse
- noun Date: 1942 a large bluish sucking louse (Haematopinus eurysternus) that attacks domestic cattle
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
short-nosed cattle louse
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short-nosed cattle louse — n a large bluish broad bodied and short headed louse of the genus Haematopinus (H. eurysternus) that attacks domestic cattle * * * Haematopinus eurysterni … Medical dictionary
short-nosed cattle louse — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a large bluish broad bodied and short headed sucking louse (Haematopinus eurysternus) that attacks domestic cattle … Useful english dictionary
cattle louse — n a louse infesting cattle see LONG NOSED CATTLE LOUSE, SHORT NOSED CATTLE LOUSE … Medical dictionary
cattle louse — noun : a louse infesting cattle see cattle red louse, long nosed cattle louse, short nosed cattle louse … Useful english dictionary
sucking louse — n. LOUSE (n. 1a) * * * Any of more than 400 species (suborder Anoplura, order Phthiraptera) of small, wingless, flat ectoparasitic insects found worldwide. They have piercing and sucking mouthparts for extracting their food of mammals blood and… … Universalium
Haematopinus — An important genus of sucking lice (family Haematopinidae) affecting swine and other domestic and wild animals; it is normally nonpathogenic. H. asini affects horses, mules, and asses; H. eurysternus and H. quadripertusus, cattle; and H. suis,… … Medical dictionary
