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sugar louse

sugar louse noun: a silverfish.

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

Forms of sugar louse

pluralsugar lice

Questions about sugar louse

What does sugar louse mean?
Sugar louse means a silverfish.
What part of speech is sugar louse?
Sugar louse is a noun.
What is the plural of sugar louse?
The plural of sugar louse is sugar lice.

Words near sugar louse in the dictionary

  1. sugar lice
  2. sugar lips
  3. sugar loaf
  4. Sugar Loaf Island
  5. sugar loaves
  6. sugar louse
  7. sugar lump
  8. sugar lumps
  9. sugar mama
  10. sugar mamas
  11. sugar mamma

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