Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun louse

4 senses of louse

Sense 1
louse, sucking louse -- (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)
       => insect -- (small air-breathing arthropod)

Sense 2
worm, louse, insect, dirt ball -- (a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect)
       => unpleasant person, disagreeable person -- (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Sense 3
plant louse, louse -- (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants)
       => homopterous insect, homopteran -- (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)

Sense 4
bird louse, biting louse, louse -- (wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds)
       => insect -- (small air-breathing arthropod)