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sugar lice

sugar lice is the plural of sugar louse.

Meaning of sugar louse

Noun

sugar louse (plural sugar lice)

  1. (obsolete) A silverfish
    • Thysanura […] an unimportant group, consisting mostly of very small creatures, sugar-lice and spring-tails, which live in dark, damp cellars, or in sugar stores, and can be seen hopping or springing about and shunning the light1879, Alexander Macalister, Zoology of the Invertebrate Animals, page 124
  2. (obsolete) A sugar mite
    • If a spoonful of such sugar be dissolved in a small cupful of water, the dirt slowly sinks to the bottom, while sugar lice (Acari), if present, speedily come to the surface, where they swim about vigorously, their movements being apparent to the naked eye.1923 July 21, Geoffrey Fairrie, “A Comparison as to Purity With the Refined and Raw Products”, in Facts about Sugar, page 64

Questions about sugar lice

What is sugar lice the plural of?
Sugar lice is the plural of sugar louse.

Words near sugar lice in the dictionary

  1. sugar kelp
  2. sugar kelps
  3. Sugar Land
  4. Sugar Lander
  5. Sugar Landers
  6. sugar lice
  7. sugar lips
  8. sugar loaf
  9. Sugar Loaf Island
  10. sugar loaves
  11. sugar louse

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