- plural of louse.
lice
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
W. H. Auden once wrote of a miserable Roman soldier guarding a cold, rain-soaked wall in northern Europe, mentioning "lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
Hundreds of parasites have the ability to infect humans, including lice, mites and ticks.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
The control of body lice in Naples was one of the earliest and most publicized achievements of DDT.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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