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pediculus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pediculus has 1 sense
- pediculus(n = noun.animal) genus pediculus - type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of family pediculidae, pediculidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
pediculus, prop. n. [L., a louse.].
A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse. [1913 Webster]
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