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GENUS PEDICULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans
Synonyms:
genus Pediculus; Pediculus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Pediculus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pediculus"):
common louse; Pediculus humanus (head or body louse)
head louse; Pediculus capitis (infests the head and body of humans)
body louse; cootie; Pediculus corporis (a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings)
Holonyms ("genus Pediculus" is a member of...):
family Pediculidae; Pediculidae (true lice: human lice and related forms)
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