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LOUSE, n. lous. plu. lice.
LOUSE, v.t. louz. To clean from lice.
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 (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse
(Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse,
Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab,
Dog, etc.
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.
Any one of the numerous species of aphids,
or plant lice. See Aphid.
Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes.
See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
* The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse. Louse fly (Zoöl.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse. -- Louse mite (Zoöl.), 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. To clean from
lice.
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