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Noun: sucking louse
  1. Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
    "The veterinarian treated the dog for an infestation of sucking lice";
    - louse

Derived forms: sucking lice

Type of: insect

Part of: Anoplura, order Anoplura

Encyclopedia: Sucking louse