Head louse in singular for head lice. Lice are tiny wingless parasites that feed off of your scalp.
the single insect is called a 'Louse' a Louse
pl. of Louse., of Louse
Head lice is actually already the plural form. The singular is head louse.
A young louse is called a nymph
The head louse is about 1/16 of an inch in length.
They are from eggs laid by an insect called a louse. See the Related Link.
The plural of louse is lice so the plural of headlouse is headlice.
Nits are the eggs laid by adult head lice and do not contain any lice themselves. Each nit typically contains one developing louse embryo. Once the egg hatches, a young louse, called a nymph, emerges. Therefore, there are zero head lice in a nit, but each nit can eventually produce one louse.
The singular of any lice is louse.
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The egg of a louse is usually called louse eggs and attaches on the human hair.