1. имя существительное; [множественное число] lice вошь Например: wood louse — мокрица head louse — головная вошь 2. глагол искать вшей, вычёсывать вшей
I. noun Etymology: Middle English lous, from Old English lūs; akin to Old High German lūs louse, Welsh llau lice 1. plural lice a. any of various small wingless usually flattened insects (orders Anoplura and Mallophaga) parasitic on warm-blooded animals b. a small usually sluggish arthropod (as a biting louse) that lives on other animals or on plants and sucks their blood or juices c. any of several small arthropods (as a book louse) that are not parasitic 2. plural louses a contemptible person; heel II. transitive verb (loused; lousing) to remove lice from