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COMMON LOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common louse mean?
• COMMON LOUSE (noun)
The noun COMMON LOUSE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: COMMON LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Head or body louse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common louse; Pediculus humanus
Hypernyms ("common louse" is a kind of...):
louse; sucking louse (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)
Holonyms ("common louse" is a member of...):
genus Pediculus; Pediculus (type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans)
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