lice

a very small insect that lives on the body of a person or animal and feeds on their blood; plural form is lice

pulga, parásito

Collocations head louse · body louse

• The children had head lice.

  Los niños tenían piojos en la cabeza.

the plural form of 'louse'

pulgas, parásitos

Collocations body lice

• The patient was infested with body lice.

  El paciente estaba infestado de piojos corporales.