💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lice"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bugnoun | (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). |
| cockroachnoun | Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite. |
| contentionnoun | Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle. |
| creepnoun | (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment. |
| littynoun | A little bit. |
| parasitenoun | (biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism. |
| parasites | an American pop-punk band. |
| pestsnoun | Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. |
| scumnoun | (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons. |
| spousenoun | A person in a marriage or marital relationship. |
| verminnoun | Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance. |
| cootienoun | (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children). |
| pediculusnoun | A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus. |
| pediculidnoun | (zoology) Any body louse in the family Pediculidae |
| ectoparasitenoun | A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes. |
| nitnoun | The egg of a louse. |
| fleanoun | A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities. |
| mitenoun | Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). |
| bedbugnoun | A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep. |
| ticknoun | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. |
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