head louse
head louse · head lice
головная вошь
Kopflaus
A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head…A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
» Anyone can get head lice.
Meaning
1 sensesA parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
Kopflaus
головна́я вошьgolovnája vošʹ
More definitions
- infests the head and body of humans
Examples
3 sentencesAnyone can get head lice.
Let's pick head lice.
Let's check for head-lice.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Origin
From head + louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlousFrom head + louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”).
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Forms
plural: head liceSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- infests the head and body of humans:Pediculus capitis
Word family
1 related wordsRelatednit
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular