COMMON LOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common louse mean? 

• COMMON LOUSE (noun)
  The noun COMMON LOUSE has 1 sense:

1. head or body louse

  Familiarity information: COMMON LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON LOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Head or body louse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common louse; Pediculus humanus

Hypernyms ("common louse" is a kind of...):

louse; sucking louse (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)

Holonyms ("common louse" is a member of...):

genus Pediculus; Pediculus (type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans)