单词 | seam-squirrel |
释义 | > as lemmasseam-squirrel seam-squirrel n. U.S. slang (chiefly Military) a louse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > group Anoplura > order Siphunculata > member of genus Pediculus (louse) lousec725 mysea1450 creeper1577 Welsh cricket1592 crawler1787 liceling1791 greyback1840 seam-squirrel1899 toto1918 1899 J. R. Skinner Hist. Fourth Illinois Volunteers 129 When it was first rumored that the old confederate seam squirrel had invaded our quarters, a small panic seized many. 1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of Regulars 240 The rest of the boys..stopped chasin' seam-squirrels in their undershirts. a1956 C. J. Post Little War of Private Post (1960) 255 There is the gray-back, or seam-squirrel, from the days of our Civil War. < as lemmas |
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