body louse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of body louse
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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Unlike the body louse, the head louse isn't known to spread disease.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2021
Before succumbing, however, the insect can also poop out millions of typhus bacteria, which can hang on clothing like a toxic dust, infecting others who never have a body louse near them.
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2011
Typhus marched its way through history in the habitus of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus, and the louse itself was not immune to its influence.
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2011
In Europe the body louse carries the virus of typhus fever, transmits a form of the disease which kills 22% to 65% of its victims.
From Time Magazine Archive
The louse commonly present is the body louse, and it lays its eggs in the seams of the uniforms and on the underclothes.
From On the Fringe of the Great Fight by Nasmith, George G. (George Gallie)
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