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• dust louse — noun : book louse …   Useful english dictionary

• louse — n. /lows/; v. /lows, lowz/, n., pl. lice /luys/ for 1 3, louses for 4, v., loused, lousing. n. 1. any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse), parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking,… …   Universalium

• chewing louse — ▪ insect also called  biting louse,         any of about 2,900 species of small, wingless insects (order Phthiraptera), worldwide in distribution, that have chewing mouthparts, a flattened body, and shortened front legs used to transport food to… …   Universalium

• typhus — typhous, adj. /tuy feuhs/, n. Pathol. an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.… …   Universalium

• knid-, k̂nid-, sknid- —     knid , k̂nid , sknid     English meaning: louse, nit     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Laus, Ei der Laus, Nisse”     Note: often distorted taboo; compare above S. 437 ghnīdü ds. Root knid , k̂nid , sknid : “ louse, nit “ derived from Root ghen :… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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