- plural of louse.
lice
Americannoun
noun
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While starving and battling lice, the young women distracted themselves by fantasizing about food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
These include scabies – caused by mites, lice and bed bugs.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
We get a clear-eyed look at disgust, a nearly universal human response to the likes of maggots, cockroaches, ticks, leeches, slugs and lice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Others do not, viewing the bots as sidewalk lice that create hazards and take jobs from humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Truth was, she did have a pretty advanced case of head lice.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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