English noun: louse |
1. | louse (animal) wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals |
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| Synonyms | sucking louse |
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| Broader (hypernym) | insect |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | body louse, common louse, cootie, crab, crab louse, head louse, Pediculus capitis, Pediculus corporis, Pediculus humanus, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse |
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| Member meronym | Anoplura, order Anoplura |
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2. | louse (person) a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect |
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| Synonyms | dirt ball, insect, worm |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
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3. | louse (animal) any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
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| Synonyms | plant louse |
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| Broader (hypernym) | homopteran, homopterous insect |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adelgid, aphid, grape louse, grape phylloxera, jumping plant louse, oak blight, Phylloxera vitifoleae, psylla, psyllid |
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4. | louse (animal) wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds |
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| Synonyms | bird louse, biting louse |
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| Broader (hypernym) | insect |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chicken louse, Menopon gallinae, Menopon palladum, shaft louse |
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| Member meronym | Mallophaga, order Mallophaga |
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