"crab louse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crab lice [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|crab lice}} crab louse (plural crab lice)
  1. A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood. Wikipedia link: crab louse Categories (lifeform): Lice, Parasites Synonyms (Pthirus pubis): crab, pubic louse Translations (insect): cabra [feminine] (Catalan), lladella [feminine] (Catalan), 陰虱 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴虱 (yīnshī) (Chinese Mandarin), veš muňka [feminine] (Czech), filcka [feminine, informal] (Czech), fladlus [common-gender] (Danish), schaamluis [common-gender] (Dutch), flatlús [feminine] (Faroese), satiainen (Finnish), morpion [masculine] (French), piollo pato [masculine] (Galician), Filzlaus [feminine] (German), Sackratte [feminine] (German), flatlús [feminine] (Icelandic), míol ceartáin [masculine] (Irish), míol crúbach [masculine] (Irish), míol gríofa [masculine] (Irish), piattola [feminine] (Italian), pidocchio del pube [masculine] (Italian), 사면발니 (samyeonballi) (Korean), sasqaiejit (Mi'kmaq), chiattillo [masculine] (Neapolitan), morpion [masculine] (Norman), flatlus [feminine] (Norwegian), قاصق بتی (kasık biti) (Ottoman Turkish), wesz łonowa [feminine] (Polish), mendoweszka [feminine] (Polish), menda [archaic, feminine] (Polish), piolho do púbis [masculine] (Portuguese), carango [masculine] (Portuguese), chato [masculine] (Portuguese), piolho púbico [masculine] (Portuguese), păduche lat [masculine] (Romanian), lățel [masculine] (Romanian), păduche pubian [masculine] (Romanian), лобко́вая вошь (lobkóvaja vošʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мандаво́шка (mandavóška) [feminine, slang] (Russian), stidna uš [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ladilla [feminine] (Spanish), flatlus [common-gender] (Swedish), โลน (loon) (Thai), kasık biti (Turkish), лобкова воша (lobkova voša) [feminine] (Ukrainian), rận mu (Vietnamese), filcłauz [feminine] (Vilamovian), crancleuen [feminine] (Welsh), lleuen gedor [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лобко́вая вошь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mandavóška",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "мандаво́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stidna uš"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ladilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flatlus"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "loon",
      "sense": "insect",
      "word": "โลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "insect",
      "word": "kasık biti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lobkova voša",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лобкова воша"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "insect",
      "word": "rận mu"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filcłauz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crancleuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lleuen gedor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crab louse"
}

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