Cootie
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noun.
A body louse.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Rough-legged: an epithet applied to birds whose legs are clad with feathers.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
louse
.
noun.
Any
germ
or
contaminant
, real or
imagined
, especially from the opposite
gender
(for pre-
pubescent
children).
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noun.
a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
Word Usage
"He wasn't called a cootie aboard ship, but he was the same bird."
cross-reference
lurgy
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
louse
sucking louse
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Synonym
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boy germ
girl germ