Lice synonyms

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pedicular
Having the lousy distemper, phthiriasis.
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scabies (related)
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pediculous
Alternative form of pedicular.
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verminous
Loathsome or repulsive.
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pediculosis
(Medicine) infestation with head lice
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louse (related)
Any of an order (Anoplura) of small, flat, wingless insects with sucking mouthparts, parasitic on the skin or hair of humans and some other mammals; esp., the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis) and head louse (P. h. capitis)
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worms
(Popularly) An insect larva, as a caterpillar, grub, or maggot
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rats
(Zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
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insects
The definition of an insect is a bug- a small anthropoid with six legs and, sometimes, wings.
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scoundrels
The definition of a scoundrel is a villain or a dishonest, wicked or mischievous person.
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knaves
The definition of a knave is a scoundrel or a dishonest person.
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mites
A widow's mite.
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headlice (related)
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phthiriasis
Infestation with lice, especially crab lice; pediculosis.
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Lice Sentence Examples

  • Flies, lice, gadflies and mosquitoes are the worst of the insect plagues.

  • Wingless insects, such as spring-tails and lice, make their appearance in the form of miniature adults.

  • How to recognize head lice The adult head louse is a small gray or brown insect, about the size of a match head.

  • Willughby, Ray and others in the late 17th century to include the active larvae of beetles, as well as bugs, lice, fleas and other insects with undeveloped wings.

  • Aristotle explicitly taught abiogenesis, and laid it down as an observed fact that some animals spring from putrid matter, that plant lice arise from the dew which falls on plants, that fleas are developed from putrid matter, and so forth.

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