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Definition: Crab Louse |
Crab LouseNoun1. Infests the pubic region of the human body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | CRAB LOUSE. A species of louse peculiar to the human body; the male is denominated a cock, the female a hen. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: Crab LouseSynonyms: crab (n), pubic louse (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crab louse | 64 |
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| Language | Translations for "crab louse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | muòka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schaamluis (pubic louse), platluis (pubic louse), platje (pubic louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | satiainen (pubic louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | morpion (crisscross, noughts and crosses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schamlaus (pubic louse), Filzlaus (crab). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψείρα των τριχών της ήβης (pubic louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pidocchio del pube (pubic louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thollag, meeyl vaaigagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abcray ouselay piojo ladilla (pubic louse). (various references) flatlus (pubic louse). (various references) kasık biti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Phthirus pubis, Pthirus pubis. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-l-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: arbuscle, carousel, rubeolas. | |
-2 letters: acerous, bascule, bescour, boraces, boucles, carolus, carouse, claroes, closure, coalers, colures, corbels, curable, escolar, labours, obscure, oculars, oracles, oscular, recoals, recusal, roubles, rubaces, rubeola, secular, solacer, suboral, subrace. | |
-3 letters: abuser, arouse, balers, blares, blears, blouse, borals, boreal, boucle, boules, bourse, braces, bursae, bursal, cabers, cables, carbos, carles, carobs, carols. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-l-o-r-s-u" | |
+2 letters: construable, uncrossable. | |
+3 letters: counterblast, noncrushable, prosecutable, ribonuclease, vocabularies. | |
+4 letters: claustrophobe, commensurable, commensurably, counterblasts, elucubrations, ribonucleases. | |
+5 letters: arboricultures, binocularities, claustrophobes, constabularies, discourageable, rediscountable, relubrications, republications, undiscoverable. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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