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sucking lice

sucking lice is the plural of sucking louse.

Meaning of sucking louse

Noun

sucking louse (plural sucking lice)

  1. Any louse of the suborder Anoplura.
    • The tailed Old World monkeys (Cercopithecidae) support sucking lice of a distinct genus, Pedicinus which has certain similarities to Pediculus and has been placed by most authorities (though not by Ferris) in the Pediculidae.1970, Roy Albert Crowson, Classification and Biology, published 2009, page 119
    Synonyms:
    anopluran

Questions about sucking lice

What is sucking lice the plural of?
Sucking lice is the plural of sucking louse.

Words near sucking lice in the dictionary

  1. sucking in
  2. sucking into
  3. sucking it and seeing
  4. sucking it up
  5. sucking it up, buttercup
  6. sucking lice
  7. sucking louse
  8. sucking off
  9. sucking one's teeth
  10. sucking out
  11. sucking out of one's thumb

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