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Definition of Sucking louse
1. Noun. Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals.
Exact synonyms: Louse
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Anoplura, Order Anoplura
Specialized synonyms: Common Louse, Pediculus Humanus, Head Louse, Pediculus Capitis, Body Louse, Cootie, Pediculus Corporis, Crab, Crab Louse, Phthirius Pubis, Pubic Louse
Derivative terms: Lousy
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Anoplura, Order Anoplura
Specialized synonyms: Common Louse, Pediculus Humanus, Head Louse, Pediculus Capitis, Body Louse, Cootie, Pediculus Corporis, Crab, Crab Louse, Phthirius Pubis, Pubic Louse
Derivative terms: Lousy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sucking Louse
Literary usage of Sucking louse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"The proboscis of the sucking louse is fleshy and unjointed, surrounded at its
base by a circlet of barbs, and is in the form of an extensile tube provided ..."
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