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Louse

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Noun

1. louse, sucking louse

wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

2. dirt ball, insect, louse, worm

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

3. louse, plant louse

any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants

4. bird louse, biting louse, louse

wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Louse

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nounWord forms: plural lice (laɪs )
1. 
any wingless bloodsucking insect of the order Anoplura: includes Pediculus capitis (head louse), Pediculus corporis (body louse), and the crab louse, all of which infest man
▶ Related adjective: pedicular
2.  biting louse
3. 
any of various similar but unrelated insects, such as the plant louse and book louse
4. Word forms: plural louses slang
an unpleasant or mean person
verb (transitive)
5. 
to remove lice from
6. (foll by up) slang
to ruin or spoil

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Louse

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nounWord forms: plural lice
1. 
a. 
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)
b. 
any of various arthropods that suck blood or juice from other animals or plants
2. 
bird louse
3. 
any of various other small insects, arachnids, and crustaceans that are not parasitic, as the book louse or wood louse
4.  Slang
a person regarded as mean, contemptible, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: loused or ˈlousing
5.  Rare
to delouse

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Louse

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n.
1. pl. lice (līs) Any of numerous small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or sucking insects of the order Phthiraptera, which live as external parasites on birds and mammals, including humans. The lice are sometimes classified together with the psocids in the order Psocodea.
2. pl. lous·es (lousĭz) Slang A mean or despicable person.
tr.v. loused, lous·ing, lous·es
Slang
To bungle. Often used with up: louse up a deal.

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