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louse

[lous, lous, louz] / laʊs, laʊs, laʊz /
NOUN
bad person
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We get hints that Paul’s previous self was a louse, but Holland’s smile is so soft that it’s hard to believe he was ever a nasty, selfish jerk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

These people then spread south into Central America, where modern louse populations today still retain a genetic signature from their distant Asian ancestors.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

“We can see the louse DNA reflected in our own history.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2023

Only one animal parasite, the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is currently included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, and none are included on the U.S.

From Scientific American • May 18, 2022

Then she crushed the flea or louse between her nails.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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