ETYM Old Eng. lous, as. lűs, pl. lys; akin to Dutch luis, German laus, Old High Germ. lűs, Icel. lűs, Swed. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to Eng. lose, loose.
(Plural: lice).
A wingless, usually flattened, blood-sucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals; SYN. sucking louse.
Parasitic insect of the order Anoplura, which lives on mammals. It has a flat, segmented body without wings, and a tube attached to the head, used for sucking blood from its host.
Some lice occur on humans, including the head louse Pediculus capitis and the body louse Pediculus corporis, a typhus carrier. Pediculosis is a skin disease caused by infestation of lice. Most mammals have a species of lice adapted to living on them.
Biting lice belong to a different order of insects, Mallophaga, and feed on the skin, feathers, or hair.
1. Insecte parasite qui s'attache ŕ plusieurs espèces d'animaux et ŕ l'homme.
2. Le pou de corps se fixe d'abord dans les cheveux et éventuellement en d'autres endroits poilus, le pou de pubis (ou Phtirus pubis ou morpion) se fixe d'abord sur les poils du pubis et éventuellement ailleurs.
To remove lice from