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Meaning of PEDICULUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans
 
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 Synonyms: genus Pediculus
 
 See Also: arthropod genus, body louse, common louse, cootie, family Pediculidae, head louse, Pediculidae, Pediculus capitis, Pediculus corporis, Pediculus humanus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 
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