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Lice

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bugnoun(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
cockroachnounAny black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.
contentionnounArgument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
creepnoun(informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
littynounA 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.
parasitesan American pop-punk band.
pestsnounAny destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
scumnoun(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
spousenounA person in a marriage or marital relationship.
verminnounAny 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).
pediculusnounA louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.
pediculidnoun(zoology) Any body louse in the family Pediculidae
ectoparasitenounA parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
nitnounThe egg of a louse.
fleanounA small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
mitenounAny of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
bedbugnounA 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.
ticknounA tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

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