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louse [laʊs] N

1. louse lice (insect):

louse
вошь f

2. louse -es inf (person):

louse
гни́да f
louse
парши́вец m

crab louse N

louse up VB trans inf

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To locate its host, the fish louse uses vision, olfaction, and mechanical sensation.
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The louse is also known to cause alopecia (hair loss) from scratching that can lead to infection.
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A louse's egg is commonly called a nit.
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The sand based soils have also had the benefit of keeping the phylloxera louse at bay.
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It is a sea louse, a parasite living on salmon.
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Its common names include climbing hempvine, climbing hempweed, and louse-plaster.
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The contents of the louse abdomen (its feces) was removed and then ground up into a paste.
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It acts like a suction cup in holding the louse on the fish.
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From each egg or nit may hatch one nymph that will grow and develop to the adult louse.
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The fish does not die, it shares the food with the louse inadvertently.
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