common louse

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   head or body louse

   SynonymsPediculus humanus

   Broaderlouse

   Part ofPediculus

Questions about common louse

What does common louse mean?

common louse means "head or body louse".

What is another word for common louse?

Close synonyms include Pediculus humanus. 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 common louse a common word?

common 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.