PEDICULUS HUMANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pediculus humanus mean? 

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

1. head or body louse

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDICULUS HUMANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Head or body louse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common louse; Pediculus humanus

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

louse; sucking louse (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)

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

genus Pediculus; Pediculus (type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans)

 Context examples 

Body lice are tiny parasitic insects (Pediculus humanus corporis) that spread through close contact with other people.

(Human Body Louse, NCI Thesaurus)