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Definition 2024

crab_louse

crab louse

English

Noun

crab louse ‎(plural crab lice)

A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.

Synonyms

(Pthirus pubis): crab, pubic louse

Translations

insect

Chinese:
Mandarin: 陰虱 (zh), 阴虱 (zh) ‎(yīnshī)
Czech: veš muňka f, (informal) filcka f
Danish: fladlus c
Faroese: flatlús f
Finnish: satiainen (fi)
French: morpion (fr) m
German: Filzlaus f, Sackratte f

Icelandic: flatlús f
Irish: míol ceartáin m, míol crúbach m, míol gríofa m, sceartán crúbach m
Norman: morpion m
Norwegian: flatlus f
Polish: wesz łonowa f, mendoweszka (pl) f, menda (pl) f (archaic)
Portuguese: piolho do púbis m, carango m, chato (pt) m, piolho púbico m
Russian: лобко́вая вошь f ‎(lobkóvaja vošʹ), мандаво́шка (ru) f ‎(mandavóška) (slang)
Spanish: ladilla (es) f
Vilamovian: filcłauz f