FAMILY PEDICULIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

True lice: human lice and related forms

Synonyms:

family Pediculidae; Pediculidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Pediculidae"):

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

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

Anoplura; order Anoplura (sucking lice)