Phrase guide

crab louse

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: louse, sucking louse

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: lladiya — insect
  • Catalan: cabra — insect
  • Catalan: lladella — insect
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰蝨 /阴虱 (yīnshī) — insect
  • Czech: veš muňka — insect
  • Czech: filcka — insect
  • Danish: fladlus — insect
  • Dutch: schaamluis — insect
  • Estonian: kubemetäi — insect
  • Estonian: satikas — insect
  • Estonian: mandakas (generational, sovietism) — insect
  • Estonian: nümf — insect
  • Faroese: flatlús — insect
  • Finnish: satiainen — insect
  • French: morpion — insect
  • Galician: piollo pato — insect
  • German: Filzlaus — insect
  • German: Sackratte — insect
  • Hawaiian: ʻuku papa — insect
  • Icelandic: flatlús — insect
  • Irish: míol ceartáin — insect
  • Irish: míol crúbach — insect
  • Irish: míol gríofa — insect
  • Italian: piattola — insect
  • Italian: pidocchio del pube — insect
  • Japanese: 毛虱 (kejirami) — insect
  • Korean: 사면발니 (samyeonballi) — insect
  • Mi'kmaq: sasqaiejit — insect
  • Neapolitan: chiattillo — insect
  • Norman: morpion — insect
  • Norwegian: flatlus — insect
  • Polish: wesz łonowa — insect
  • Polish: mendoweszka — insect
  • Polish: menda — insect
  • Portuguese: piolho do púbis — insect
  • Portuguese: carango — insect
  • Portuguese: chato — insect
  • Portuguese: piolho púbico — insect
  • Romanian: păduche lat — insect
  • Romanian: lățel — insect
  • Romanian: păduche pubian — insect
  • Russian: лобко́вая вошь (lobkóvaja vošʹ) — insect
  • Russian: мандаво́шка (mandavóška) — insect
  • Serbo-Croatian: stidna uš — insect
  • Slovak: filcka — insect
  • Slovak: voš lonová — insect
  • Spanish: ladilla — insect
  • Swedish: flatlus — insect
  • Thai: โลน (loon) — insect
  • Turkish: kasık biti — insect
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاصق بتی (kasık biti) — insect
  • Ukrainian: лобкова воша (lobkova voša) — insect
  • Vietnamese: rận mu — insect
  • Vilamovian: filcłauz — insect
  • Welsh: cranclau — insect
  • Welsh: llau cedor — insect