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Cootie
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Lice:
A
louse
(Pediculus humanus).
●
In American English, Canadian English & Lice:
A
louse
(Pediculus humanus).
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In American English, Australian English & Canadian English:
Any
germ
or
contaminant
,
real
or
imagined
, especially from the
opposite
gender
(for pre-pubescent children).
●
In Pseudoscience:
A nest-building
female
American
coot
(counterpart to
coot
er).
●
A
sideswiper
, a type of
telegraph
key.
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