Lice vs. Louse

Licenoun

pl. of Louse.

Lousenoun

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

Lousenoun

A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

Louseverb

To remove lice from.

Lousenoun

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.

Lousenoun

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.

Lousenoun

Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.

Lousenoun

Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.

Louseverb

To clean from lice.

Lousenoun

wingless usually flattened blood-sucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

Lousenoun

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

Lousenoun

any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants

Lousenoun

wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

Lousenoun

either of two small wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds.

Lousenoun

used in names of small invertebrates that parasitize aquatic animals or infest plants, e.g. fish louse.

Lousenoun

a contemptible or unpleasant person.

Louseverb

spoil or ruin something

Louseverb

remove lice from.

Louse

Louse (plural: lice) is the common name for members of the order Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless insect. Lice are obligate parasites, living externally on warm-blooded hosts which include every species of bird and mammal, except for monotremes, pangolins, and bats.