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CRAB LOUSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does crab louse mean?

• CRAB LOUSE (noun)
The noun CRAB LOUSE has 1 sense:

1. infests the pubic region of the human body

Familiarity information: CRAB LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CRAB LOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Infests the pubic region of the human body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

crab louse; Phthirius pubis; pubic louse; crab

Hypernyms ("crab louse" is a kind of...):

louse; sucking louse (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)

Holonyms ("crab louse" is a member of...):

genus Phthirius; genus Phthirus; Phthirius; Phthirus (true lice: crab lice)

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