"head louse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: head lice [plural]
Etymology: From head + louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|head|louse}} head + louse, {{cog|frr|hoodlüs|t=headlouse}} North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), {{cog|nl|hoofdluis|t=headlouse}} Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), {{cog|sv|huvudlus|t=headlouse}} Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), {{cog|is|höfuðlús|t=headlouse}} Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”) Head templates: {{en-noun|head lice}} head louse (plural head lice)
  1. A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood. Wikipedia link: head louse Categories (lifeform): Lice, Parasites Synonyms: headlouse Related terms: nit Translations (insect): poll del cabell [masculine] (Catalan), स्रय्क् (Chepang), सेक् (Chepang), 頭蝨 (Chinese Mandarin), 头虱 (tóushī) (Chinese Mandarin), hovedlus [common-gender] (Danish), høvuðlús [feminine] (Faroese), päätäi (Finnish), Kopflaus [feminine] (German), जूँ (jū̃) (Hindi), íná (Igala), treaghdán [masculine] (Irish), míol gruaige [masculine] (Irish), babhdaí [masculine] (Irish), pidocchio del capo [masculine] (Italian), ເຫົາ (hao) (Lao), во́шка (vóška) [feminine] (Macedonian), hodelus [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hovudlus [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), piolho da cabeça [masculine] (Portuguese), păduche de cap (Romanian), головна́я вошь (golovnája vošʹ) [feminine] (Russian), သူၣ် (thoò) (S'gaw Karen), ႁဝ် (hǎo) (Shan), piojo de la cabeza [masculine] (Spanish), huvudlus [common-gender] (Swedish), เหา (hǎo) (Thai), chấy (Vietnamese), chí (Vietnamese), lleuen pen [feminine] (Welsh), iná (Yoruba), we (Zaghawa), raeu (Zhuang)

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