Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pediculus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pediculus \Pe*dic"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Pediculi}. [L., a louse.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common
lice of man. See {Louse}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pediculus
n : type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans [syn:
{Pediculus}, {genus Pediculus}]
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