title: Louse (disambiguation)
text: # Louse (disambiguation)
  
  A louse is a wingless insect.
  
  Louse may also refer to:
  
  ## Infections
  
  * Pediculosis, an infection caused by lice
     * Pediculosis capitis (Head lice infestation)
     * Pediculosis corporis (Pediculosis vestimenti, Vagabond's disease)
     * Pediculosis pubis (Crabs)
  
  ## Insects and other arthropods
  
  * Gill louse, Ergasilus, a genus of parasitic copepod crustaceans
  * Hog louse (disambiguation)
  * Sea louse, the Caligidae, a family of ectoparasitic marine copepods
  * Whale louse, the Cyamidae, a family of parasitic amphipod crustaceans
  * Woodlouse, the Oniscidea, a suborder of terrestrial isopod crustaceans
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Stone louse, a fictitious animal created by the humorist Loriot
  