Definitions
wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
Word origin
From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-.
Used in a sentence
“He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!"”
“It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.”
“[…] as she raised her guitar for the last loud chord, an unseen louse let loose a rubber-tipped arrow that landed right on her dark-skinned forehead.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tiny parasite”5 letters
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