crab louse

1. 1.

   a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

   Synonymspubic lousecrabPhthirius pubis

   Broaderlouse

   Part ofPhthirius

Questions about crab louse

What does crab louse mean?

crab louse means "a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body".

What is another word for crab louse?

Close synonyms include pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis. 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 crab louse a common word?

crab 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.