sucking louse

sucking louse

n.

Any of various small wingless insects of the order Anoplura that have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.

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sucking louse

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any insect of the order Anoplura See louse [1]

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sucking louse - wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals louse insect - small air-breathing arthropod Anoplura, order Anoplura - sucking lice common louse, Pediculus humanus - head or body louse head louse, Pediculus capitis - infests the head and body of humans body louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis - a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse, crab - a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body