Usually means: Small parasitic insect infesting mammals.
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General (32 matching dictionaries)
  1. louse: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. louse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. louse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. louse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. louse: Vocabulary.com
  6. Louse, louse: Wordnik
  7. louse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. louse: Wiktionary
  9. louse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. louse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. louse: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. louse: Dictionary.com
  13. louse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. louse: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Louse (disambiguation), Louse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Louse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. louse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. louse: Rhymezone
  19. Louse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. louse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. louse: Free Dictionary
  22. louse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. louse: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. louse: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. louse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. louse: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. louse: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. louse: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. louse, louse, louse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. louse: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Louse: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See lice as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
noun:  (colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
verb:  To remove lice from; to delouse.

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