louse
虱子,虱目鱼,螨虫,虱子的问题
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Definitions
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plural lice [lahys] /laɪs/ for 1-3, lous·es for 4.
- : any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura , parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus humanus or Pediculus humanus capitis and Phthirius pubis.
- : any insect of the order Mallophaga , parasitic on birds and mammals, having mouthparts adapted for biting.
- : plant louse.
- : Slang. a contemptible person, especially an unethical one.
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loused, lous·ing.
- : to delouse.
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- : louse up, Slang. to spoil; botch: Miscasting loused up the movie.
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The hog louse lives primarily on swine, where the insect feeds on blood, and is one of the largest sucking lice.
The tubes running along the louse are respiratory tubes, called tracheae, carrying oxygen to tissues.
The seal louse is the only one of them able to survive in the ocean, says Leonardi.
Joshua Benoit isn’t surprised that the first insect found to survive such high pressures is the seal louse.
All louse species, he notes, even those that live on humans, need to stick with their host animals to survive.
Only two soil types in the world are inhabitable for this root louse: one is sand, and the other is slate.
His spineless duplicity confirms that the good guy is actually pretty much a louse.
Next in line is the body louse—the only dangerous member of the troika.
This not only makes you look like a louse, it makes you look like a helpless, bed-wetting man-child.
When Silajdzic raised this, Milosevic said, “I am not a louse,” and yielded immediately.
While a counsellor was pleading at the Irish bar, a louse unluckily peeped from under his wig.
The itch-mite (Acarus scabiei) and the (Pediculus capitis, corporis, vel pubis) are the more common members of the group.