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Crab louse is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CRAB LOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Crab louse

The crab louse, also known as the pubic louse, is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. It is typically found in pubic hair, but may also live on other areas with coarse hair, including the eyelashes. They cannot jump, and feed exclusively on blood. Humans are the only known hosts of this parasite, although a closely related species, Pthirus gorillae, infects gorilla populations. The species passed to humans 3.3 million years ago.

Definition of crab louse in the English dictionary

The definition of crab louse in the dictionary is a parasitic louse, Pthirus pubis, that infests the pubic region in man.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRAB LOUSE

crab
crab apple
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crab grass
Crab Nebula
crab stick
Crabbe
crabbed
crabbedly
crabbedness
crabber
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crabbiest
crabbily
crabbiness
crabbing
crabby
crabeater
crablike

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRAB LOUSE

bird louse
biting louse
blouse
booklouse
chicken louse
delouse
fish louse
flouse
girl´s blouse
house
jalouse
jealouse
jumping plant louse
louse
middy blouse
overblouse
plant louse
sucking louse
Toulouse
water louse
woodlouse

Synonyms and antonyms of crab louse in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «crab louse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRAB LOUSE

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The translations of crab louse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crab louse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阴虱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ladilla
570 millions of speakers

English

crab louse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केकड़े जूं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرطان البحر قملة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

краб вшей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piolho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করণীয় louse
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

morpion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepiting ketam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Filzlaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ケジラミ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

게 느
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crab louse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cua rận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நண்டு லவ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केकडा जूं
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yengeç otu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pidocchio granchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krab wesz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

краб вошей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crab păduche
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψείρα του εφηβαίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

krap luis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

krabba lus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

krabbe lus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crab louse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAB LOUSE»

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Encyclopedia of Entomology
Upper left: adult female head louse with blood meal; upper right: alternating male and female head lice (male-female-male-female); lower left: nymph of crab louse; lower right: scanning electron micrograph of head louse egg (nit). Life cycle of ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
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California Master Gardener Handbook
Figure 8.8 Human lice: body louse (left); crab louse (right). Black-Legged Tick Avoidance: Environmental Care. □ Mow grass along trails, buildings, and camping areas. □ Remove brush along trails or other areas of high activity by people.
‎2002
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Parasites of the Colder Climates
Pthirus pubis (the crab louse, pubic louse) The crab louse or pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, is rounder, that is, shorter (1–2mm) and broader than the two, more oval Pediculus species (Figure 23.4). In the crab louse the first pair of legs is much ...
Hannah Akuffo, Inger Ljungstr”m, Ewert Linder, 2003
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Textbooks of Military Medicine: Military Preventive ...
The crab louse is much smaller and has a nearly round, hairy body. The life cycles of these three species vary slightly, but all take place on the body or clothing of the host. The body louse confines its feeding to the host's body and remains on ...
Patrick W. Kelley
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Comprehensive Gynecology: Expert Consult - Online
Pediculosis pubis is an infestation by the crab louse, Phthirus pubis. The crab louse is also called the pubic louse and is a different species from the body or head louse. Lice in the pubic hair are the most contagious of all STIs, with over 90% of ...
Gretchen M Lentz, Rogerio A. Lobo, David M Gershenson, 2012
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
CRAB LOUSE a crab louse. A sucking louse that inhabits the pubic areas of the human body and creates considerable discomfort. WNNCD: 1547. Source: CRAB . WNNCD: O.E. The metaphor is based on the fact that the tiny louse bears a ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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Urban Pest Management in Australia
The head louse and crab louse, however, are of reasonably common occurrence, and treatment for such infestations is often requested by schools, preschools and various institutions. Structure Adult lice are usually 1.5-3.5 mm long, wingless, ...
John Gerozisis, Phillip Hadlington, Ion Staunton, 2008
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Principles and Practice of Nursing
The pediculi are of three types i.e. ' Pediculosis capitis (head louse) which affect the head hair ' Pediculosis corporis or vestimenti (body louse) which affect body hair ' Pediculosis pubes (crab louse) which affect areas having very thick and ...
Shakuntla 'Birpuri' (Sharma), 2012
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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Disease
The three types of lice that infest humans are Pediculus humanus capitis (the head louse), Pediculus humanus humanus (the body louse), and Phthirus pubis ( the crab louse). Louse infestation spreads readily and the host response offers little ...
Sarah S. Long, Larry K. Pickering, Charles G. Prober, 2012
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Biology of Disease Vectors
Like the head louse, the crab louse is not a vector of pathogens in nature, although secondary infections may occur at bite sites. Flying Squirrel Louse ( Neohaematopinus sciuropteri) (Fig. 6.2A) In North America, this louse is an enzootic vector ...
William H. Marquardt, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAB LOUSE»

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Three Things You Probably Didn't Know About Crab Lice
Studies comparing DNA from the three species of human louse with the lice that infest other primates found that the crab louse's closest relative ... «Gizmodo Australia, May 15»
2
Common and John Legend's “Glory” Enjoys Oscar Sales Boost
... caused by Phthirus pubis the pubic or crab louse..Lecture an apple a DayBehavior and Disease Prevention Wavebreak MediaThinkstock. «Wondering Sound, Feb 15»
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Pubic Lice: Still NOT Going Extinct
Caption: A female crab louse, Phthirus pubis. You can see an egg inside her body, and the gripping claws that let her swing from hair to hair. «Wired, Sep 14»
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Pregnant Kelly Rowland shows off her blossoming bump in grey …
Crab louse. 10. 2. Click to rate. Dee Dee2, Baltimore, United States, 1 month ago. I love it when someone else can try to determine the beauty ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
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In September, Nerd Block Will Give You A Veneral Disease …
Yes, a cuddly plush Crab Louse, though I understand that Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis are also being sent out in Nerd Blocks as well. «Bleeding Cool News, Aug 14»
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First Person: 'I make educational pancakes'
Another recent one that the kids were really interested in was human parasites: tapeworm, hookworm, bedbug, crab louse, leech, tick, liver ... «Financial Times, Aug 14»
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E-commerce Startup Gives Customers STDs
Toronto-based Nerd Block, an ecommerce subscription box startup, will ship thousands of playful plush versions of chlamydia, crab louse, ... «Techvibes, Aug 14»
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New Year's revolution: Sweat the small stuff!
God made the tick, flea, cockroach, crab louse and mosquito — small stuff is crucial. We ignored the small stuff for decades and are now paying ... «Jamaica Observer, Jan 14»
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Pubic louse falls victim to eager Brazilian strippers
He said: "Pubic grooming has led to a severe depletion of crab louse populations. Add to that other aspects of body hair depilation, and you can ... «Register, Jan 13»
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FDL Late Night: Save the Pubic Louse!
Would we, would the world as whole, be better off without the pubic louse, aka the crab louse? What to do they do aside from prove somebody's ... «Firedoglake, Jan 13»

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