| NOUN | animal | Pediculus, genus Pediculus | type genus of Pediculidae |
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| Meaning | type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans. | |
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| Synonym | genus Pediculus | |
| Member of | Pediculidae, family Pediculidae | true lice |
| Members | body louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis | A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings |
| common louse, Pediculus humanus | head or body louse | |
| head louse, Pediculus capitis | infests the head and body of humans | |
| Broader | arthropod genus | A genus of arthropods |
| Spanish | genus pediculus, pediculus | |
| Catalan | genus pediculus, pediculus | |
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