sucking louse

English - Turkish

Definition of sucking louse in English Turkish dictionary

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) kehle

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) bit

English - English

Definition of sucking louse in English English dictionary

Any of various small wingless insects of the order Anoplura that have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking. Any of more than 400 species (suborder Anoplura, order Phthiraptera) of small, wingless, flat ectoparasitic insects found worldwide. They have piercing and sucking mouthparts for extracting their food of mammals' blood and tissue fluids. The nymphs mature after several molts. Species are host-specific: Pediculus infests humans (see human louse), whereas other sucking lice (genera Haematopinus and Linognathus) attack domestic animals, such as hogs, cattle, horses, and dogs

Hyphenation

suck·ing louse

Turkish pronunciation

sʌkîng laus

Pronunciation

/ˈsəkəɴɢ ˈlous/ /ˈsʌkɪŋ ˈlaʊs/