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Meanings of louse in inglés

ruso
пухоеды и вши
portugués
piolho
español
piojos
catalán
ftiràpter
Wikidata

Order of insects.

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piojos
catalán
canalla

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

canalla
portugués
piolho
catalán
poll

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

piolho
portugués
sem-vergonha
catalán
poll

Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals.

sem-vergonha
Synonyms
Examples for "bird louse"
Examples for "bird louse"
1
The biting louse may bite through the superficial layer of the skin, and cause the animal to bite and rub the part.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals
Usage of louse in inglés
1
Why do you have to come here and louse a decent café?
A Moveable Feast
2
Billy was philosophic-thedeath of one louse did not stop the breed.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
3
I score five where the louse scores one and the cat three.
A week in december
4
He found a feller who didn't know how to distrust a louse.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
5
He is the Chief murderer and wise guy in that louse union.
The new yorker
6
Gordon, you're a self-made louse, but you're a man underneath it somewhere.
Police Your Planet
7
The sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi is a major threat to Chilean salmonid farming.
Pubmed
8
Mendieta allowed the new louse to crawl down the back of his hand.
The sun over breda
9
Is it in fact a louse or a tic, and is it dangerous?
The Irish Times
10
There are approx 180 species of feather louse in New Zealand.
Radio NZ
11
He is the cheapest louse you could ever hope to meet.
The new yorker
12
They were as brave as lions; he is a very louse for timidity.
A Book of Scoundrels
13
But just before hatching the insect assumes its degraded louse physiognomy.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
14
She also says that he was a louse, but very attractive.
The new yorker
15
The aphis, or plant-louse, sometimes attacks the young, tender shoots of the vine.
The Home Acre
16
Too much to let a couple of hotheads like you louse it up.
A touch of death
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Louse through the time
Louse across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common