Louse Synonyms

lous
Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insect
  2. Hemiptera (Latin)
  3. cad
  4. pediculus
  5. cootie
  6. worm
  7. sucking-louse
  8. mite
  9. knave
  10. rat
  11. scoundrel
  12. dirt ball
Any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. plant louse
Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bird louse
  2. biting louse

Words Related to Louse

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. lice
  2. scabies
  3. threadworm
  4. roundworm
  5. rodent
  6. Trichodina
  7. headlice
  8. flea
  9. sandflies

Louse Sentence Examples

  • The female louse lays around 6 eggs a day, firmly attached to the hair shaft close to the scalp.

  • In shape it is rather squat, hence the common name, crab louse.

  • Enderlein has recently shown that the jaws of the Hemiptera can be recognized in a reduced condition in connexion with the louse's proboscis, the modification is so excessive that the group certainly deserves ordinal separation.

  • This makes the use of molecular data vital for reconstructing louse phylogeny at this taxonomic level.

  • If you have treated head louse with products such as Nix Shampoo or other chemical or toxin-free products and have still found little relief, it may be time to treat the lice by hand.

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