"body louse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: body lice [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|body lice}} body louse (plural body lice)
  1. A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood. Categories (lifeform): Lice, Parasites Synonyms: bosom friend, coot, cootie, cooty, crumb, grayback, pants rabbit, seam cricket, seam squirrel Translations (parasitic insect Pediculus humanus corporis): veš šatní [feminine] (Czech), kleerluis (Dutch), vaatetäi (Finnish), piattola [feminine] (Italian), amico per la pelle [masculine] (Italian), atomo (Loloda), платяная вошь (platjanaja vošʹ) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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