louse 音标拼音: [l'ɑʊs]
n . 虱子,寄生虫
v . 捉虱子
蝨子,寄生虫捉蝨子
louse n 1 :
wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm -
blooded animals [
synonym : {
louse }, {
sucking louse }]
2 :
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect [
synonym : {
worm }, {
louse }, {
insect }, {
dirt ball }]
3 :
any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants [
synonym : {
plant louse }, {
louse }]
4 :
wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting ;
mostly parasitic on birds [
synonym : {
bird louse }, {
biting louse },
{
louse }]
Louse \
Louse \ (
lous ),
n .;
pl . {
Lice } (
l [
imac ]
s ). [
OE .
lous ,
AS .
l [=
u ]
s ,
pl .
l [=
y ]
s ;
akin to D .
luis ,
G .
laus ,
OHG .
l [=
u ]
s ,
Icel .
l [=
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s ,
Sw .
lus ,
Dan .
luus ;
perh .
so named because it is destructive ,
and akin to E .
lose ,
loose .] (
Zool .)
1 .
Any one of numerous species of small ,
wingless ,
suctorial ,
parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({
Pediculina }),
now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera .
To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals ;
as ,
the head louse of man ({
Pediculus capitis }),
the body louse ({
Pediculus vestimenti }),
and the crab louse ({
Phthirius pubis }),
and many others .
See {
Crab louse }, {
Dog louse },
{
Cattle louse },
etc .,
under {
Crab }, {
Dog },
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects ,
mostly parasitic on birds ,
and feeding on the feathers .
They are known as Mallophaga ,
or bird lice ,
though some occur on the hair of mammals .
They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera .
See {
Mallophaga }.
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Any one of the numerous species of aphids ,
or plant lice .
See {
Aphid }.
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes .
See {
Branchiura },
and {
Ichthvophthira }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The term is also applied to various other parasites ;
as ,
the whale louse ,
beelouse ,
horse louse .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Louse fly } (
Zool .),
a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara .
Some of them are wingless ,
as the bee louse .
{
Louse mite } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds ,
clinging to the hair and feathers like lice .
They belong to {
Myobia },
{
Dermaleichus }, {
Mycoptes },
and several other genera .
[
1913 Webster ]
Louse \
Louse \ (
louz ),
v .
t .
To clean from lice . "
You sat and loused him ." --
Swift .
[
1913 Webster ]
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "
louse ":
SOB ,
bastard ,
bugger ,
cat flea ,
chigoe ,
cockroach ,
crab ,
creep ,
cur ,
dog ,
dog flea ,
fart ,
flea ,
grayback ,
heel ,
hood ,
hooligan ,
jerk ,
jigger ,
meanie ,
mite ,
mother ,
nit ,
parasite ,
pill ,
rat ,
red bug ,
roach ,
sand flea ,
shit ,
shithead ,
shitheel ,
skunk ,
snake ,
stinkard ,
stinker ,
toad ,
turd ,
vermin ,
weevil ,
wretch
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