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louseborne

louseborne adjective: transported by lice.

Adjective

louseborne (not comparable)

  1. Transported by lice.
    • Louseborne typhus has played a major role in the history of nations over the past five centuries.1981, Ralph D. Feigin, James Donald Cherry, Textbook of pediatric infectious diseases: Volume 2

Origin of louseborne

From louse + borne.

Questions about louseborne

What does louseborne mean?
Louseborne means transported by lice.
What part of speech is louseborne?
Louseborne is an adjective.

Words near louseborne in the dictionary

  1. louse trap
  2. louse traps
  3. louse up
  4. louse-ridden
  5. louseberry
  6. louseborne
  7. loused
  8. loused around
  9. loused up
  10. lousefish
  11. lousefishes

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