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lice

American  
[lahys] / laɪs /

noun

  1. the plural of louse.


lice British  
/ laɪs /

noun

  1. the plural of louse

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Lice are spread by direct contact with the hair or items that an infested person has used, like hats, combs, brushes, towels, pillows, beds or even stuffed animals.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Lice and chicken pox have spread, he said, and on Wednesday morning alone he treated four cases of meningitis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Lice that share these segments inherited them from a common ancestor, giving the researchers a tool to sort the parasites into closely related families.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2023

Lice are small insects that live on human heads and feed off of their blood.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 15, 2022

I’d had a bad feeling about Lice Peeking from the beginning, and now it looked like I might be right.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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