Meanings
nouncrab louse (plural crab lice)
plural crab lice
- A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.
Synonyms: crab, pubic louse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.
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nouna louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
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Translations
Catalan cabra, lladella
- cabrainsect
- lladellainsect
Chinese Mandarin 陰蝨 /阴虱
- 陰蝨 /阴虱 (yīnshī)insect
Czech veš muňka, filcka
- veš muňkainsect
- filckainsect
Danish fladlus
- fladlusinsect
Dutch schaamluis
- schaamluisinsect
Estonian kubemetäi, satikas
- kubemetäiinsect
- satikasinsect
- mandakas (generational, sovietism)insect
- nümfinsect
Finnish satiainen
- satiaineninsect
French morpion
- morpioninsect
German Filzlaus, Sackratte
- Filzlausinsect
- Sackratteinsect
Hawaiian ʻuku papa
- ʻuku papainsect
Icelandic flatlús
- flatlúsinsect
Irish míol ceartáin, míol crúbach
- míol ceartáininsect
- míol crúbachinsect
- míol gríofainsect
Italian piattola, pidocchio del pube
- piattolainsect
- pidocchio del pubeinsect
Japanese 毛虱
- 毛虱 (kejirami)insect
Korean 사면발니
- 사면발니 (samyeonballi)insect
Norwegian flatlus
- flatlusinsect
Polish wesz łonowa, mendoweszka
- wesz łonowainsect
- mendoweszkainsect
- mendainsect
Portuguese piolho do púbis, carango
- piolho do púbisinsect
- carangoinsect
- chatoinsect
- piolho púbicoinsect
Romanian păduche lat, lățel
- păduche latinsect
- lățelinsect
- păduche pubianinsect
Russian лобко́вая вошь, мандаво́шка
- лобко́вая вошь (lobkóvaja vošʹ)insect
- мандаво́шка (mandavóška)insect
Slovak filcka, voš lonová
- filckainsect
- voš lonováinsect
Spanish ladilla
- ladillainsect
Swedish flatlus
- flatlusinsect
Thai โลน
- โลน (loon)insect
Turkish kasık biti
- kasık bitiinsect
Ukrainian лобкова воша
- лобкова воша (lobkova voša)insect
Vietnamese rận mu
- rận muinsect
Welsh cranclau, llau cedor
- cranclauinsect
- llau cedorinsect
Cite this entry
APA
crab louse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crab%20louse
MLA
“crab louse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crab%20louse. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crab louse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crab%20louse.
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