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Definition of Crab louse

1. Noun. A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body.

Definition of Crab louse

1. Noun. A parasitic insect, ''Phthirus pubis'', that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood. ¹

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Literary usage of Crab louse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"CONTROL OF LICE ON THE RODY Control of crab louse The crab or pubic louse is confined usually to the hairy portions of the body, including the head and the ..."

2. On Diseases of the Skin, Including the Exanthemata by Ferdinand Hebra, Charles Hilton Fagge, Moriz Kaposi (1880)
"The crab louse (Fig. 27) has a fiddle-shaped head,1 with a prominent rounded forehead and a broader ..."

3. The American Entomologist (1868)
"The favorite home of the Head-louse, аз before stated, is the head; that of the Body-louse the more naked parts of the body; the Crab- louse, on the other ..."

4. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"CONTROL OF LICE ON THE RODY Control of crab louse The crab or pubic louse is confined usually to the hairy portions of the body, including the head and the ..."

5. On Diseases of the Skin, Including the Exanthemata by Ferdinand Hebra, Charles Hilton Fagge, Moriz Kaposi (1880)
"The crab louse (Fig. 27) has a fiddle-shaped head,1 with a prominent rounded forehead and a broader ..."

6. The American Entomologist (1868)
"The favorite home of the Head-louse, аз before stated, is the head; that of the Body-louse the more naked parts of the body; the Crab- louse, on the other ..."

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