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body louse
noun
- louse1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of body louse1
First recorded in 1565–75
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Example Sentences
Next in line is the body louse—the only dangerous member of the troika.
From The Daily Beast
Brisk as a body-louse she trips,Clean as a penny drest; Sweet as a rose her breath and lips,Round as the globe her breast.
From Project Gutenberg
It is a disease of poverty and war, and is spread largely by the body-louse, as happened in Serbia in 1915.
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The louse commonly present is the body louse, and it lays its eggs in the seams of the uniforms and on the underclothes.
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The causative organism of typhus fever is thus transmitted by the body louse.
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The body louse lives in the folds and seams of the clothing of its host, passing to the skin only when it wishes to feed.
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