Meaning of sugar louse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A silverfish
   obsolete
2. A sugar mite
   obsolete

Examples

“Thysanura […] an unimportant group, consisting mostly of very small creatures, sugar-lice and spring-tails, which live in dark, damp cellars, or in sugar stores, and can be seen hopping or springing about and shunning the light”

“If a spoonful of such sugar be dissolved in a small cupful of water, the dirt slowly sinks to the bottom, while sugar lice (Acari), if present, speedily come to the surface, where they swim about vigorously, their movements being apparent to the naked eye.”

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