head louse

See also: headlouse

English

Alternative forms

headlouse

Etymology

From head +‎ louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”).

Noun

head louse (plural head lice)

A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.

Translations

insect

Catalan: poll del cabell m
Chepang: स्रय्‍क्‌, सेक्‌
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭蝨／头虱 (zh) (tóushī)
Danish: hovedlus c
Faroese: høvuðlús f
Finnish: päätäi (fi)
German: Kopflaus (de) f
Hindi: जूँ (hi) (jū̃)
Igala: íná
Irish: treaghdán m, míol gruaige m, babhdaí m
Italian: pidocchio del capo m
Lao: ເຫົາ (hao)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hodelus m or f
Nynorsk: hovudlus f
Portuguese: piolho da cabeça m
Romanian: păduche de cap
Russian: головна́я вошь f (golovnája vošʹ)
S'gaw Karen: သူၣ် (thoò)
Shan: ႁဝ် (shn) (hǎo)
Spanish: piojo de la cabeza m
Swedish: huvudlus (sv) c
Thai: เหา (th) (hǎo)
Vietnamese: chấy (vi), chí (vi)
Yoruba: iná
Zaghawa: we
Zhuang: raeu