louse : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- bark louse
- bark-louse
- Bee louse
- beggar lice
- beggar's lice
- Bird louse
- biting louse
- Body louse
- Book louse
- Carp louse
- cattle louse
- chicken louse
- common louse
- Crab louse
- Dog louse
- Fish louse
- flea-louse
- grape louse
- harvest-lice
- head lice
- head louse
- Jumping louse
- jumping plant louse
- Leaf louse
- Lobster louse
- Louse fly
- Louse mite
- louse up
- onion louse
- Plant louse
- pubic louse
- Root louse
- sea louse
- sea wood louse
- shaft louse
- sucking louse
- Tree louse
- Vine louse
- Wall louse
- Whale louse
- Wheat louse
- Wood louse
- Woolly louse
- woolly plant louse
bark louse
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noun any of several insects living on the bark of plants
bark louse.
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Bark" louse`
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(Zoöl.) An insect of the family Coccidæ , which infests the bark of trees and vines.✍ The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis ; that of the pear isLecanium pyri . SeeOrange scale .
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bark-louse
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noun any of several insects living on the bark of plants
bark louse.
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Bee louse
(Zoöl.) , a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (Braula cæca ) parasitic on hive bees.
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beggar lice
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noun Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
beggar lice.
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noun any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
beggar lice; tick trefoil.
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beggar's lice
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noun Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
beggar lice.
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noun any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
beggar lice; tick trefoil.
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Beg"gar's lice`
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(Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum andCynoglossum ) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
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Bird louse
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noun wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
louse; bird louse.
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(Zoöl.) , a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. Bird mite(Zoöl.) , a small mite (generaDermanyssus ,Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.
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biting louse
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noun wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
louse; bird louse.
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Body louse
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noun a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
Pediculus corporis; cootie.
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(Zoöl.) , a species of louse (Pediculus vestimenti ), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. SeeGrayback .
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Book louse
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noun minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
Liposcelis divinatorius; booklouse; deathwatch.
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(Zoöl.) , one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to thePseudoneuroptera .
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Carp louse
(Zoöl.) , a small crustacean, of the genusArgulus , parasitic on carp and allied fishes. SeeBranchiura .
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cattle louse
(Zoöl.) , any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. TheHæmatatopinus eurysternus andH. vituli are common species which suck blood;Trichodectes scalaris eats the hair.
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chicken louse
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noun a louse parasitic on poultry
Menopon palladum; chicken louse; Menopon gallinae.
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common louse
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noun head or body louse
Pediculus humanus.
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Crab louse
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noun a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
crab louse; Phthirius pubis; crab.
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(Zoöl.) , a species of louse (Phthirius pubis ), sometimes infesting the human body.
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Dog louse
(Zoöl.) , a louse that infests the dog, esp.Hæmatopinus piliferus ; another species isTrichodectes latus .
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Fish louse
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noun a kind of copepod
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(Zoöl.) , any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging toCaligus ,Argulus , and other related genera. SeeBranchiura .
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flea-louse
Flea"-louse` noun
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(Zoöl.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ , of many species. That of the pear tree isPsylla pyri .
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grape louse
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noun destructive to various grape plants
Phylloxera vitifoleae; grape phylloxera.
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harvest-lice
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noun erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats
Agrimonia eupatoria.
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head lice
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noun infestation of the scalp with lice
pediculosis capitis.
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head louse
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noun infests the head and body of humans
Pediculus capitis.
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Jumping louse
(Zoöl.) , any of the numerous species of plant lice belonging to the familyPsyllidæ , several of which are injurious to fruit trees.
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jumping plant louse
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noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
psyllid; psylla.
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Leaf louse
(Zoöl.) , an aphid.
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Lobster louse
(Zoöl.) , a copepod crustacean (Nicothoë astaci ) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.
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Louse fly
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noun bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
hippoboscid.
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(Zoöl.) , a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse.
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Louse mite
(Zoöl.) , any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong toMyobia ,Dermaleichus ,Mycoptes , and several other genera.
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louse up
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verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; mess up; screw up; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
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onion louse
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noun injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco
onion thrips; Thrips tobaci.
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Plant louse
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noun any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
louse.
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(Zoöl.) , any small hemipterous insect which infests plants, especially those of the familiesAphidæ andPsyllidæ ; an aphid.
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pubic louse
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noun a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
crab louse; Phthirius pubis; crab.
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Root louse
(Zoöl.) , any plant louse, or aphid, which lives on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the grapevine. SeePhylloxera .
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sea louse
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noun marine isopod crustacean
sea slater.
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Sea" louse`
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(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa ,Livoneca , and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.
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sea wood louse
Sea" wood louse`
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(Zoöl.) A sea slater.
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shaft louse
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noun a louse parasitic on poultry
Menopon palladum; chicken louse; Menopon gallinae.
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sucking louse
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noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
louse.
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Tree louse
(Zoöl.) , any aphid; a plant louse.
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Vine louse
(Zoöl.) , the phylloxera.
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Wall louse
- a wood louse.
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Whale louse
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noun amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans
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(Zoöl.) , any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genusCyamus , especiallyC. ceti . They are parasitic on various cetaceans.
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Wheat louse
(Zoöl.) , any wheat aphid.
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Wood louse
(Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging toOniscus ,Armadillo , and related genera. SeeSow bug , under Sow, andPill bug , underPill .(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the familyPsocidæ , which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called alsobook lice , anddeathticks , ordeathwatches .
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Woolly louse
(Zoöl.) , a plant louse (Schizoneura, ∨ Erisoma, lanigera ) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. underBlight .
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woolly plant louse
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noun secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads
woolly aphid.