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Definition of louse

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Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga..

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Flea-louse :: Flea-louse (n.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri..

Louse :: Louse (v. t.) To clean from lice.

Grayback :: Grayback (n.) The body louse.

Louse :: Louse (n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira..

Laemodipoda :: Laemodipoda (n. pl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples..

Nit :: Nit (n.) The egg of a louse or other small insect.

Psylla :: Psylla (n.) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae..

Puceron :: Puceron (n.) Any plant louse, or aphis..

Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid..

Sea Wood Louse :: Sea wood louse () A sea slater.

Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli..

Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Argulus :: Argulus (n.) A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura..

Jumper :: Jumper (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.

Blight :: Blight (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects..

Mallophaga :: Mallophaga (n. pl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird..

Bark Louse :: Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines..

Morpion :: Morpion (n.) A louse.

Feuillants :: Feuillants (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France..

Sea Louse :: Sea louse () Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes..