| NOUN | animal | louse, sucking louse | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals |
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| person | louse, worm, insect, dirt ball | a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | |
| animal | louse, plant louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants | |
| animal | louse, bird louse, biting louse | wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting |
| Sounds | law's | |
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| Rhymes | alehouse ... whorehouse: 54 rhymes with aws... | |
| Meaning | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals. | |
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| Synonym | sucking louse | |
| Member of | Anoplura, order Anoplura | sucking lice |
| Narrower | body louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis | A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings |
| common louse, Pediculus humanus | head or body louse | |
| crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis | A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | |
| head louse, Pediculus capitis | infests the head and body of humans | |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| Spanish | piojo | |
| Catalan | poll | |
| Adjectives | lousy | infested with lice |
| Meaning | A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect. | |
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| Synonyms | worm, insect, dirt ball | |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | canalla, sabandija | |
| Catalan | canalla | |
| Meaning | Any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants. | |
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| Synonym | plant louse | |
| Narrower | adelgid | Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers |
| aphid | Any of various small plant-sucking insects | |
| grape louse, grape phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoleae | destructive to various grape plants | |
| jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping | |
| oak blight | A black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods | |
| Broader | homopterous insect, homopteran | insects having membranous forewings and hind wings |
| Spanish | pulgón | |
| Catalan | pugó | |
| Adjectives | lousy | infested with lice |
| Meaning | wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds. | |
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| Synonyms | bird louse, biting louse | |
| Member of | Mallophaga, order Mallophaga | biting lice |
| Narrower | chicken louse, shaft louse, Menopon palladum, Menopon gallinae | A louse parasitic on poultry |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| Spanish | piojo | |
| Catalan | poll | |
| Adjectives | lousy | infested with lice |
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