Definition of louse

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Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid..

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Blouse :: Blouse (n.) A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army..
Jumper :: Jumper (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
Puceron :: Puceron (n.) Any plant louse, or aphis..
Smock :: Smock (n.) A blouse; a smoock frock.
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc..
Louse :: Louse (v. t.) To clean from lice.
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira..
Sea Wood Louse :: Sea wood louse () A sea slater.
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid..
Lousewort :: Lousewort (n.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy..
Nitter :: Nitter (n.) The horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.
Flea-louse :: Flea-louse (n.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri..
Lice :: Lice (n.) pl. of Louse.
Grayback :: Grayback (n.) The body louse.
Feuillants :: Feuillants (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France..
Bark Louse :: Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines..
Nit :: Nit (n.) The egg of a louse or other small insect.
Argulus :: Argulus (n.) A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura..
Psylla :: Psylla (n.) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae..
Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli..
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