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Definition :

Any one of numerous species of small wingless suctorial parasitic insects belonging to a tribe Pediculina now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals as the head louse of man Pediculus capitis the body louse Pediculus vestimenti and the crab louse Phthirius pubis and many others See Crab louse Dog louse Cattle louse etc under Crab Dog etc