kutu

/ ˈkuːtuː /

noun

1. slang.
   a body louse Also calledcootie See louse

Word History and Origins

Origin of kutu¹

Māori

Example Sentences

That name got more votes than Baako or Kutu, the other choices.

From Washington Times

Back to Article Click to Print Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 For Rohingya in Bangladesh, No Place is Home By Misha Hussain / Kutu Palong Hundreds of children flock at the site of a stranger in the Kutu Palong makeshift camp in southeastern Bangladesh, near the border with Burma.

From Time

Leaving Kutu Palong, the children are still smiling, the chorus of 'hellos' replaced with 'goodbyes.'

From Time

Last week General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, 46, who took over in 1972, met a similar fate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nether-world, names of: Aralû, 557; Ekur, 558; Shuâlu, 558; Kigallu, 562; Irkalla, 563; Kutu or Cuthah, 563; epithets for n.,

From Project Gutenberg