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louseling en · NOUN

Etymology

From louse + -ling.

Meanings

1. (rare) A small or immature louse; nymph
   • They survive and they have louselings which are tough too. 2012, Richard Jones, Justine Crow, The Little Book of Nits, page 53:
   • He that, without a microscope, could tell On one small louse how many licelings dwell! 1791, A Second Heroic Epistle to Joseph Priestley, page 4:
   • The eggs of the head louse are glued to hairs just above the scalp, where they remain even after the enclosed louseling has left. 2012, Roger M. Knutson, Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You:

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