- sucking louse
- noun Date: circa 1907 any of an order (Anoplura) of wingless insects comprising the true lice with mouthparts adapted to sucking body fluids
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sucking louse
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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
sucking louse — n any of an order (Anoplura) of wingless insects comprising the true lice with mouthparts adapted for sucking body fluids * * * any member of the order Anoplura … Medical dictionary
sucking louse — n. LOUSE (n. 1a) … English World dictionary
sucking louse — noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm blooded animals • Syn: ↑louse • Derivationally related forms: ↑lousy (for: ↑louse) • Hypernyms: ↑insect … Useful english dictionary
Sucking louse — Taxobox name = Anoplura image caption = Pediculus humanus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Phthiraptera subordo = Anoplura subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Echinophthiriidae (seal lice) Enderleinellidae… … Wikipedia
sucking louse — suck•ing louse n. ent louse 1) • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
sucking louse. — See under louse (def. 1). [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
sucking louse. — See under louse (def. 1). [1905 10] … Useful english dictionary
louse — n. /lows/; v. /lows, lowz/, n., pl. lice /luys/ for 1 3, louses for 4, v., loused, lousing. n. 1. any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse), parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking,… … Universalium
Louse — Lice redirects here. For the infection, see Pediculosis. For the district of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey, see Lice, Turkey. For other uses, see Louse (disambiguation). Phthiraptera … Wikipedia
