(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.
(n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
(v. t.) To clean from lice.
Example Sentences:
(1) The prevalence of head louse Pediculus capitis Deg.
(2) The bushbuck were infested with 8 ixodid tick species, 2 louse species and a louse-fly species.
(3) The louse (Menacanthus stramineus) and the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) were the only parasites recovered.
(4) The common duiker harboured 7 tick species and 2 louse species.
(5) The ultrastructure of the Malpighian tubes in human louse Pediculus humanus corporis has been studied.
(6) In one brief moment a soldier thoughtfully removes a louse from his girl’s army jacket before kissing her.
(7) The louse-fly, Lipoptena paradoxa, was recovered from some of the bushbuck from October to May.
(8) Some of the treated cows were identified as carriers of louse infestation (subgroups A1 and C1), while others were noncarriers (subgroups A2 and C2).
(9) Besides other factors for such a high prevalence, the lack of health education of family members may play a crucial role in transference and louse infestation.
(10) A prospective study of 120 louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) patient admitted to Mekele Regional Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia from September to November 1991 was done.
(11) However, juvenile wild fish, which migrate from the rivers to the sea each spring, are simply not designed to cope with more than the odd louse.
(12) One hundred and sixty patients with louse-borne relapsing fever were treated with a combination therapy of procaine penicillin and tetracycline.
(13) Based on evidence of intercellular cohesion, as seen in the histologic results, the patients were placed into two subtypes, compact growth type and louse structure type.
(14) At the end of the trial the mean red blood cell and mean total blood content of one louse was evaluated at 0.157 microliters and 0.443 microliters respectively, using 51Cr, and 0.120 microliters and 0.350 microliters respectively, using 59Fe.
(15) New host records are given for two species of Acari, one of louse, and one of flea.
(16) This sucking louse is typically parasitic on domestic rats, which are murid rodents.
(17) To evaluate the efficacy and to determine the minimum effective dosage of four pediculicides against head louse infestation, as well as to select a safe, effective, practical, and cheap agent, 1,657 infested school children in 25 primary schools in Szu-Hu, Kou-Hu, and Ku-Keng Districts of Yunlin County were treated and 1,611 of them were examined.
(18) Three 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromone derivatives were isolated from the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of the alcoholic extract of Aquilaria sinensis (Lous.)
(19) Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an acute febrile illness endemic Ethiopia.
(20) During recent archaeological excavations in Viking Greenland, specimens of the human flea, Pulex irritans L., and the body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus L., were recovered from several farmsteads.
Youse
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Example Sentences:
(1) One girl with a Scouse accent sees me taking notes and says: "Oi, get up me dear… stop writing youse!"
(2) "I hope youse are not wanting a lift back up the road just now!"
(3) In fact, perhaps it would be easier if I wrote my thank-yous in HB pencil on exercise book pages …
(4) Just some eye contact, pleases and thank yous would restore my faith in human nature.
(5) Instead, she encourages them to make objects and pictures that are sent as thank-yous to key donors.
(6) A thousand thank yous," she added, helpfully translating herself.
(7) Oxfam followed up its Philippines Typhoon Appeal with 547,000 thank yous direct from the Philippines, including a short video of how donations had been spent, showing farmers replanting crops and families receiving health kits.
(8) Youse can all say whatever you like about me, from reading books and all that, but one thing I'm not is crazy.
(9) You were hounding my family so I took it out on yous."
(10) There’s that £15 we put on One Direction to win down t’drain innit?” He can’t be bothered reading a list of thank yous though 8.44pm GMT Key event It’s a big one!
(11) Me team's a belter, man The contestants have been broken up into teams and my team is very good That Nicola Sccchhhherzingerwhatsit is mingin' I do not think much of my rivals for the US X Factor judge's chair Youse are all gets, am gannin' yem for a Broon and Greggs I don't like Americans.
(12) Keep gannin' like that and youse'll be a star You're very good.
(13) You were hounding my family so I took it out on yous.
(14) It crossed over an inquiry by the investigation company Quest, commissioned in January 2006 by the Premier League itself, into alleged "bungs" – kickbacks to football managers from agents as thank-yous for signing their players.
(15) Tim pulls out a mobile phone to read out his list of thank yous.
(16) Youse are all f***ing idiots" - buttering up the press after criticism of Juan Veron in 2002.
(17) When it was put to him that he was a coward turning himself in, he said: "Cos youse couldn't fuckin' find me, could youse?"
(18) I totted it up in my head: how long listening to the automatic options, the bland background music, the advisers telling me they hadn't a clue, the sorreees, the no problems, the we'll-get-someone-to-get-back-to-yous: three hours?