louse

Example Sentences

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Initially, we can’t wait for Iacono’s louse to get eaten but we come to treasure his comic relief, particularly when Xavier wanders off to relieve himself next to a nest of velociraptors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

A genetic analysis based on louse DNA revealed the existence of two distinct clusters of lice that rarely interbred.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

Along our evolutionary journey from monkey-like primates to bipedal apes to big-brained humans, we have had the company of an extraordinarily loyal companion: Pediculus humanus, otherwise known as the human louse.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2023

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

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2023

I mean, if I were a louse I’d choose him to colonize.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson