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