body louse

1. 1.

   a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings

   SynonymscootiePediculus corporis

   Broaderlouse

   Part ofPediculus

Questions about body louse

What does body louse mean?

body louse means "a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings".

What is another word for body louse?

Close synonyms include cootie, Pediculus corporis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is body louse a common word?

body louse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.