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Noun: body louse  bó-dee laws
  1. A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
    - cootie [N. Amer, informal], Pediculus corporis

Derived forms: body lice

Type of: louse, sucking louse

Part of: genus Pediculus, Pediculus

Encyclopedia: Body louse