PEDICULUS HUMANUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Head or body louse

Synonyms:

common louse; Pediculus humanus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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