- cattle red louse
- noun
or cattle biting louse
: the common red louse of the genus Trichodectes (T. bovis syn. Bovicola bovis) that infests domestic cattle and feeds chiefly on the hair
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cattle red louse
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