Phrase Hound found 36 phrases and 18 compound words that contain louse. The most common are listed below. Open louse in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 36
- crab louseA parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.
- head louseA parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
- body louseA parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood.
- chewing louseAny true louse that is not a sucking louse; a mallophagan.
- whale louseA parasitic amphipod crustacean of the family Cyamidae found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea, i.e. whales, dolphins and porpoises.
- bark louseAny insect of the family Coccidae, that infest the bark of trees and vines.
- sucking louseAny louse of the suborder Anoplura.
- jumping plant louseSynonym of psyllid: Any of the host-specific plant-feeding insects of the family Psyllidae, which feed on plant juices.
- bee louseAny of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae
- sea louseAny copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.
- carp louseA small crustacean of the family Argulidae, parasitic on fishes.
- water louseA species of crustacean, Asellus aquaticus
- book louseAlternative form of booklouse: Any of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
- fish louseAny aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills
- louse fliesplural of louse fly: A ked (parasitic fly of the family Hippoboscidae).
- plant louseAn aphid.
- wood louseAlternative form of woodlouse: Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living …
- lazy louseOne who is lazy; a lazy ass.
- louse upTo mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
- lens louseA person who tries to get into photographs for the sake of publicity.
- louse-riddenFull of or infested with lice.
- chicken louseA louse of species Menopon pallidum
- flea-louseAny of various jumping plant lice of the family Psyllidae.
- grape-louseThe phylloxera.
- green louseAn aphid or greenfly.
Compound words 18
- lousyUnwanted and often unpleasant.
- woodlouseAny of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as …
- lousewortAny of very many semiparasitic flowering plants, of the genus Pedicularis, related to wood betony.
- booklouseAny of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
- louseborneTransported by lice.
- lousicideA substance that kills lice.
- fishlouseAlternative form of fish louse: Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills
- headlouseAlternative form of head louse: A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
- louseberryA tree of species Euonymus europaeus, the European spindle.
- lousefishA rare species of remora fish, Phtheirichthys lineatus, found in tropical and subtropical seas all around the world.