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sucking louse

noun

  1. louse1


sucking louse

noun

  1. any insect of the order Anoplura See louse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sucking louse1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sucking louse1

so named because it has a mouth adapted for sucking the body fluids of its host
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Example Sentences

The lice we carry around are sucking lice.

Phthiriasis: a diseased condition of the skin caused by sucking lice.

We should examine the parts of the skin covered by the long hair for the sucking lice; and the withers, abdomen and limbs for the biting lice.

Parasitica: the sucking lice: wingless; without metamorphosis; mouth with piercing lancets; thoracic segments similar; habits epizoötic.

Anoplura: wingless species without metamorphosis, habits epizoötic, thoracic segments similarly developed: a composite aggregation which includes both the biting and sucking lice.

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