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 Translation for 'louse' from English to Finnish
NOUN1   a louse | lice
NOUN2   louse | louses
VERB   to louse | loused | loused
lousing | louses
SYNO bird louse | biting louse | dirt ball | ...
entom.T
täi {noun}
louse
kosm.
täikampa {noun}
louse comb
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Translation for 'louse' from English to Finnish

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louse
täi {noun}entom.T

louse comb
täikampa {noun}kosm.
Usage Examples English
  • "Bartonella quintana" is transmitted by contamination of a skin abrasion or louse-bite wound with the faeces of an infected body louse ("Pediculus humanus corporis").
  • The body louse ("Pediculus humanus humanus", also known as "Pediculus humanus corporis") is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans.
  • When an infected louse feeds on an uninfected human, the organism gains access when the victim crushes the louse or scratches the area where the louse is feeding.
  • The three species, "Haematomyzus elephantis" (elephant louse), "Haematomyzus hopkinsi" (warthog louse) and "Haematomyzus porci" (red river hog louse) belong to a single family, the Haematomyzidae, itself the only family within Rhynchophthirina.
  • Feeding on a human who carries the bacterium infects the louse.

  • The head louse ("Pediculus humanus)"  has an obligate symbiotic relationship with "Candidatus" Riesia pediculicola.  The louse provides shelter and protection while bacteria provides essential B vitamins.
  • "Braula coeca", the bee louse, is a species of bee louse in the family Braulidae.
  • "Colpocephalum californici", the California condor louse, was a species of chewing louse which parasitized the critically endangered California condor.
  • "Sodalis" was described in louse fly ("Craterina melbae"), in stinkbug (Cantao ocellatus) in Louse ("Columbicola columbae") and in other ectoparasites of water mammals (like "Proechinophthirus fluctus, Louse)".
  • "Solenopotes capillatus" is known as the little blue cattle louse in the United States and the tubercle-bearing louse in Australia.

  • The presence of the louse causes the host to lick itself excessively thus causing abrasions and hair loss.
  • If a hog louse is ever removed from its host, the louse typically survives for only 2–3 days.
  • There was a louse who would stay in the bed of a richman and drink his blood daily without getting caught.
  • Removal of the afflicting sea louse represents an increase in the integrity of their salmonid product due to the subsequent reduction of bacterial and viral pathogens possibly carried by the sea lice.
  • The largest known species is the hog louse, "Haematopinus suis", a sucking louse that lives on large livestock like pigs and cattle.

  • Humans host two species of louse—the head louse and the body louse are subspecies of "Pediculus humanus"; and the pubic louse, "Pthirus pubis".
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