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Louse

Louse (pl.: lice) is the common name for any member of the infraorder Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera was previously recognized as an order, until a 2021 genetic study determined that they are a highly modified lineage of the order Psocodea, whose members are commonly known as booklice…

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Louse

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related to history · 28
Louse → Afrotheria, Another, Aptian, Archbishop, Archimenopon, At, Buryatia, Canterbury, Cretaceous, Early Cretaceous, Eckfelder Maar, Eocene, Germany, In, Inquiries, Lice, Megamenopon, Micrographia, Middle Ages, Monks
related to External links · 14
Louse → Agricultural Sciences Featured Creatures, Controlling Licebody, Florida/Institute, Food, Genera, Medical, MetaPathogenParasitic Insects, Mites, National Pesticide Information Center, Ticks, Understanding, University, Veterinary Importance Wikibooks, Web
related to In literature and folklore · 14
Louse → Chemehuevi Song, Clifford, Coyote, Finnegans Wake, Hearing, Her, James Joyce's, Penman, Poowavi, Shem, Sinawavi, Southern Paiute Tribe, The Resilience, Trafzer's
related to Ecology · 11
Louse → Amblyceran, Bird, Europe, Host, Host-switching, Ischnoceran, Lice, New Zealand, Reductions, The, This
related to In science · 11
Louse → Because, DNA, Human, In, Lice, Pediculus, Pthirus, Reed, The, Using, With
related to Description · 9
Louse → Antarctic, Austrogonoides, Bohemian, Lice, Nearly, Nesiotinus, Ricinus, The, They
related to Reproduction · 5
Louse → After, Hamilton's, Most, Their, They
related to Woodlouse · 4
Louse → Isopoda, Oniscidea, The, The Oxford English Dictionary's

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lice species host body human head pediculus phthiraptera pthirus sucking eggs known within birds three two order years common chewing

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typhusinstance ofLice are vectors of diseases0.80text
The Kilkenny Louse Houseinstance ofsongs0.80text
and novels such as James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.The body louse has the smallest genome of any known insectinstance ofsongs0.80text
Auschwitz under the Nazi regime.In the psychiatric disorder delusional parasitosisinstance ofbecame a euphemism for the extermination of Jews in concentration camps0.80text
patients express a persistent irrational fear of animals such as liceinstance ofbecame a euphemism for the extermination of Jews in concentration camps0.80text
mitesinstance ofbecame a euphemism for the extermination of Jews in concentration camps0.80text
imagining that they are continually infestedinstance ofbecame a euphemism for the extermination of Jews in concentration camps0.80text
complaining of itchinginstance ofbecame a euphemism for the extermination of Jews in concentration camps0.80text
withinstance ofbecame a euphemism for the extermination of Jews in concentration camps0.80text
Louserelated to DescriptionNearly0.60section
Louserelated to DescriptionLice0.60section
Louserelated to DescriptionThey0.60section

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