Sucking Louse (Noun)
Meaning
Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The sucking louse is a type of ectoparasite that feeds on the blood of mammals and birds.
- It takes around two to four weeks for a sucking louse egg to hatch into a nymph.
- The sucking louse is usually found in the fur or feathers of its host, where it feeds on their blood.
- These insects, including the sucking louse, are often spread through direct contact with an infested host.
- In human medicine, the sucking louse is an important vector of diseases such as trench fever and epidemic typhus.