PEDICULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pediculus mean? 

• PEDICULUS (noun)
  The noun PEDICULUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans

  Familiarity information: PEDICULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDICULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pediculus; Pediculus

Hypernyms ("Pediculus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pediculus"):

common louse; Pediculus humanus (head or body louse)

head louse; Pediculus capitis (infests the head and body of humans)

body louse; cootie; Pediculus corporis (a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings)

Holonyms ("Pediculus" is a member of...):

family Pediculidae; Pediculidae (true lice: human lice and related forms)