head louse

See also: headlouse

English

Alternative forms

• headlouse

Etymology

From head +‎ louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”).

Noun

head louse (plural head lice)

1. A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.

Translations

insect

• Catalan: poll del cabell m
• Chepang: स्रय्‍क्, सेक्
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭蝨／头虱 (zh) (tóushī), 头虱 (zh) (tóushī)

• Finnish: päätäi (fi)
• German: Kopflaus (de) f
• Hindi: जूँ (hi) (jū̃)
• Irish: treaghdán m, míol gruaige m, babhdaí m
• Italian: pidocchio del capo m
• Lao: ເຫົາ (hao)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hodelus m or f

  Nynorsk: hovudlus f

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• Portuguese: piolho da cabeça m
• Romanian: păduche de cap
• Russian: головна́я вошь f (golovnája vošʹ)
• S'gaw Karen: သူၣ် (thoò)
• Shan: ႁဝ် (hǎo)
• Spanish: piojo de la cabeza m
• Thai: เหา (th) (hǎo)
• Vietnamese: chấy (vi), chí (vi)

See also

• nit