- plural of louse.
lice
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The idea is to keep out sea lice, which mostly live near the surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
While starving and battling lice, the young women distracted themselves by fantasizing about food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Monkeys that soaked in the warm water had different patterns of lice on their bodies and differences in certain gut bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
She sees many children in her class who she thinks would probably be better off at home: “Kids with a lot of green and yellow mucus. We’ve had kids with active lice in school.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
Food bad enough to kill you with it Roaches here, mice, flies, lice and even a snake or two.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
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