sucking louse

sucking louse

n. Any of various lice of the suborder Anoplura that have mouthparts capable of piercing and sucking and that feed on the blood of mammals, including humans.

sucking louse

n (Animals) any insect of the order Anoplura. See louse¹ [so named because it has a mouth adapted for sucking the body fluids of its host]

louse

(n. laʊs; v. also laʊz)

n., pl. lice (līs) for 1–3, lous•es for 4, n. 1. any of various small, flat, wingless insects of the order Anoplura, with sucking mouthparts, that are parasitic on humans and other mammals, as Pediculus humanuscapitis (head louse) and P. humanus corporis (body louse). 2. any similar insect of the order Mallophaga, with biting mouthparts, parasitic on birds and some mammals. 3. aphid. 4. Slang. a contemptible person. v.t. 5. to delouse. 6. louse up, Slang. to spoil; botch. [before 900; Middle English lous(e),luse, Old English lūs, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Old High German, Old Norse lūs]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sucking louse - wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animalslouseinsect - small air-breathing arthropodAnoplura, order Anoplura - sucking licecommon louse, Pediculus humanus - head or body lousehead louse, Pediculus capitis - infests the head and body of humansbody louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis - a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beingscrab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse, crab - a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body