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sheep lice

sheep lice is the plural of sheep louse.

Meaning of sheep louse

Noun

sheep louse (plural sheep lice)

  1. A kind of parasitic insect, of genus Bovicola, that infests sheep.

Questions about sheep lice

What is sheep lice the plural of?
Sheep lice is the plural of sheep louse.

Words near sheep lice in the dictionary

  1. sheep in wolf's clothing
  2. sheep in wolves' clothing
  3. sheep ked
  4. sheep keds
  5. sheep laurel
  6. sheep lice
  7. sheep liver fluke
  8. sheep liver flukes
  9. sheep louse
  10. sheep measles
  11. sheep milk

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