louse

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noun

1. wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
sucking louse
• Derivationally related forms:
lousy
• Hypernyms:
insect
• Hyponyms:
common louse, Pediculus humanus, head louse, Pediculus capitis, body louse,
cootie, Pediculus corporis, crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis
• Member Holonyms:
Anoplura, order Anoplura
2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
• Syn:
worm, insect, dirt ball
• Hypernyms:
unpleasant person, disagreeable person
3. any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
• Syn:
plant louse
• Derivationally related forms:
lousy
• Hypernyms:
homopterous insect, homopteran
• Hyponyms:
aphid, adelgid, grape louse, grape phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoleae,
jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid, oak blight
4. wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting;
mostly parasitic on birds
• Syn:
bird louse, biting louse
• Derivationally related forms:
lousy
• Hypernyms:
insect
• Hyponyms:
chicken louse, shaft louse, Menopon palladum, Menopon gallinae
• Member Holonyms:
Mallophaga, order Mallophaga

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bird louse, biting louse, plant louse, worm, insect, dirt ball, sucking louse