Meaning | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals. |
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Synonym | louse |
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Member of | Anoplura, order Anoplura | sucking lice |
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Narrower | body louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis | A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings |
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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 |
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Spanish | piojo |
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Catalan | poll |
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