Noun: body louse bó-dee laws
- A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
"Soldiers in the trenches suffered from infestations of body lice";
- cootie [N. Amer, informal], Pediculus corporis
Derived forms: body lice
Type of: louse, sucking louse
Part of: genus Pediculus, Pediculus
Encyclopedia: Body louse