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chewing lice

chewing lice is the plural of chewing louse.

Meaning of chewing louse

Noun

chewing louse (plural chewing lice)

  1. Any true louse that is not a sucking louse; a mallophagan.
    • Many of the chewing lice are highly host specific, but a few may occur on a variety of not more than a half dozen related host species. They feed on skin (epidermal cells), hair, feathers, body oils and secretions, dried blood (wounds), and even other ectoparasites, such as mites. Chewing lice are...1996, Gary A. Dunn, Insects of the Great Lakes Region, page 105
    Synonyms:
    bird louse, biting louse

Questions about chewing lice

What is chewing lice the plural of?
Chewing lice is the plural of chewing louse.

Words near chewing lice in the dictionary

  1. chewing ball
  2. chewing balls
  3. chewing gum
  4. chewing gumless
  5. chewing gums
  6. chewing lice
  7. chewing louse
  8. chewing off
  9. chewing on
  10. chewing on one's nails
  11. chewing out

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