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lice

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lice: see louse louse, common name for members of either of two distinct orders of wingless, parasitic, disease-carrying insects. Lice of both groups are small and flattened with short legs adapted for clinging to the host.
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(8) The lice which they caught in their clothes they left behind, but carried home in their clothes those which they could not catch.
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But the most hateful sight of all, was the lice crawling on their clothes.
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A beard and mustache covered the lower part of his face, and a tangle of hair, infested with lice, curled round his head like a cap.
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