phthirus pubis

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Definition of phthirus pubis in Turkish English dictionary

louse

To remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera

{v} to clear from

{i} small flightless parasitic insect which lives on the bodies of humans and other mammals

a small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals

wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants

vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others

{f} mess up, spoil (Slang); complicate, confuse (Slang); remove lice from

Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice

Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera

A worthless or contemptible person

{i} person who is worthy of contempt (Slang)

To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P

under Crab, Dog, etc

Lice are small insects that live on the bodies of people or animals and bite them in order to feed off their blood. louse up to make something worse rather than better, or to spoil something = mess up. Any of some 3,300 species of small, wingless, parasitic insects of the order Phthiraptera. The order consists mainly of biting, or chewing, lice (parasites of birds and mammals) and sucking lice (see sucking louse). The louse's body is flattened. The eggs, or nits, are cemented to the hair or plumage of the host, and most species spend their entire lives on the bodies of host animals. Heavy infestations cause much irritation and may lead to secondary infections. In moving from host to host, lice may spread many diseases, including tapeworm infestation in dogs and murine typhus in rats. louse human wood louse sucking louse

They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera

Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes

wingless usually flattened blood-sucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc

Hyphenation

phthirus pu·bis