phthirophagous
/(f)θʌɪˈrɒfəɡəs/rare
adjective
Louse-eating. Also figurative (in depreciative use).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From classical Latin Phthīrophagī lice-eaters, the name given to a tribe living near the Black Sea + -ous.
- spaewife
- spag bol
- spaghetti
- spaghetti alla carbonara
- spaghetti bolognaise
- spaghetti bolognese
- spaghetti carbonara
- spaghettification
- spaghetti junction
- spaghettini
- spaghetti squash
- spaghetti strap
- spaghetti western
- spagyric
- spahi
- Spahn, Warren
- Spain
- spake
- spall
- Spallanzani, Lazzaro
- spallation
- spalpeen
- spalted
- spam
- spam filter