Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The crab-louse, Phthirius pubis. See cut under
crab-louse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A louse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
louse .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And to remind you of that, from here on out, your animal name will be morpion.
In the Shadow of Freedom Tchicaya Missamou 2010
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If the Querist refers to his French dictionary he will soon discover the meaning of _morpion_ and _punaise_ -- the latter without doubt the _pinece_ of Bishop Bramhall.
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For expedition's sake they often stretch their skins over smoke in order to dry them, which makes them smell so disagreeably that a rat must have a good stomach to gnaw them in that condition; nay, it is said, while that perfume continues in a pair of leather breeches, the person that wears them will be in no danger of that villanous little insect the French call morpion.
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