cootie

(kū'tē)
n. Slang
A body louse.

[Probably from Malay kutu.]

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A body louse. (1917 —) .
R. Buckminster Fuller The Publicitor's cheap brand of lacquer Only stuck to some cooties and fleas (1962).

[Perh. from Malay kutu biting parasitic insect.]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lus

Nederlands (Dutch)
(lichaams)luis

Français (French)
n. - idiot, idiotie

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Slang) Körperlaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψείρα

Italiano (Italian)
pidocchio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - piolho (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
вошь

Español (Spanish)
n. - piojo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lus (am. sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
虱子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蝨子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (머리나 몸 등의) 이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - シラミ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نذل, سافل, قمله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כינת גוף‬

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