louseling

English

Alternative forms

• liceling

Etymology

From louse +‎ -ling.

Noun

louseling (plural louselings)

1. (rare) A small or immature louse; nymph
   • 1791, A Second Heroic Epistle to Joseph Priestley, page 4:

     He that, without a microscope, could tell On one small louse how many licelings dwell!

   • 2012, Roger M. Knutson, Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You:

     The eggs of the head louse are glued to hairs just above the scalp, where they remain even after the enclosed louseling has left.

   • 2012, Richard Jones, Justine Crow, The Little Book of Nits, page 53:

     They survive and they have louselings which are tough too.