Definition of louse

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

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Smock :: Smock (n.) A blouse; a smoock frock.
Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Lice :: Lice (n.) pl. of Louse.
Cheslip :: Cheslip (n.) The wood louse.
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..
Louse :: 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..
Sea Louse :: Sea louse () Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes..
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid..
Bark Louse :: Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines..
Psylla :: Psylla (n.) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae..
Nit :: Nit (n.) The egg of a louse or other small insect.
Argulus :: Argulus (n.) A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura..
Morpion :: Morpion (n.) A louse.
Puceron :: Puceron (n.) Any plant louse, or aphis..
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..
Nitter :: Nitter (n.) The horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.
Feuillants :: Feuillants (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France..
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira..
Sea Wood Louse :: Sea wood louse () A sea slater.
Jumper :: Jumper (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
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