body louse

English

Noun

body louse (plural body lice)

1. A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood.

Synonyms

• bosom friend, coot, cootie, cooty, crumb, grayback, pants rabbit, seam cricket, seam squirrel, kutu

Translations

parasitic insect Pediculus humanus corporis

• Czech: veš šatní f
• Dutch: kleerluis (nl)
• Finnish: vaatetäi (fi)
• Italian: piattola (it) f, amico per la pelle m
• Loloda: atomo
• Russian: платяная вошь f (platjanaja vošʹ)
• Upper Chehalis: spastə́n

Further reading

• body louse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia