Noun: cootie koo-tee
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
"Soldiers in the trenches suffered from infestations of cooties";
- body louse, Pediculus corporis
Derived forms: cooties
Type of: louse, sucking louse
Part of: genus Pediculus, Pediculus
Encyclopedia: Cootie