Usually means: Genus of parasitic lice species.
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  3. pediculus: Wiktionary
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  5. Pediculus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Pediculus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. pediculus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Pediculus: Rhymezone
  9. Pediculus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. pediculus: FreeDictionary.org
  11. pediculus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Pediculus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pediculus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. pediculus: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.

Similar:
genus pediculus, pediculid, pediculate, pedipalpus, pulicid, pedicel, pachytroctid, pedetid, sheep louse, linognathid, more...

Opposite:
no lice, delousing, lice-free

Phrases:
Pediculus humanus, pediculus capitis, pediculus corporis, genus pediculus, pediculus humanus capitis, more...

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Similar:
genus pediculus, pediculid, pediculate, pedipalpus, pulicid, pedicel, pachytroctid, pedetid, sheep louse, linognathid, more...

Opposite:
no lice, delousing, lice-free

Phrases:
Pediculus humanus, pediculus capitis, pediculus corporis, genus pediculus, pediculus humanus capitis, pediculus humanus humanus, more...



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