head louse

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

Pediculus capitis

pidocchio del cuoio capelluto

pidocchio del capo

sinonimi

head lice

louse

body louse

Pediculus capitis

body lice

head-louse

human head louse

nit

nits

Pediculus humanus

Traduzioni

Kopflaus

hoofdluis

Pediculus capitis

Pediculus humanus capitis

pediculus humanus

luis

piolho

Pediculus humanus

piolho da cabeça

piojo

piojo de la cabeza

poll

🐔

baş biti

poll del cabell

pou

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine frisone settentrionale: hoodlüs

Affine olandese: hoofdluis

Affine svedese: huvudlus

Affine islandese: höfuðlús

In summary

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