Definition of "lice" []

• Plural of louse. (noun)

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• "Trimmed birds that were allowed to regrow their overhangs ‘caused an immediate reduction in lice’ (p. 815)."
• "Unlike the itch parasite (of scabies), the habitat and breeding-ground of these lice is not the body but the clothing."
• "Dona – Yamana, Chile: to take lice from a person’s head and squash between one’s teeth."