louse

louse is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
2. noun. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.
3. noun. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.
4. noun. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
5. transitive verb. To clean from lice.
6. noun. wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
7. noun. wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
8. noun. any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
9. noun. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

   Synonyms: insect, worm

Synonyms

insect, worm

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in louse:

eusol, ousel, seoul

Common word forms

loused, louses, lousing

Words from these letters

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