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PEDICULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

True lice: human lice and related forms

Synonyms:

family Pediculidae; Pediculidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pediculidae"):

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

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

Anoplura; order Anoplura (sucking lice)

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