PEDICULUS

Meaning of PEDICULUS in English

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, louse

1. capitalized : the type genus of Pediculidae including common lice infesting man

2. plural pedicu·li -ˌlī or pediculus : any louse of the genus Pediculus

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PEDICULUS — (n.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.
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PEDICULUS — ( n. ) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.
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PEDICULUS — noun a genus of wingless parasitic hemiptera, including the common lice of man. ·see louse.
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TRENCH FEVER — noun Date: 1915 a disease that is usually marked by fever and pain in muscles, bones, and joints and that …
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PEDICULOUS — adjective Etymology: Latin pediculosus, from pediculus Date: circa 1550 infested with lice ; lousy
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PEDICULOSIS — noun (plural pediculoses) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin pediculus louse, diminutive of pedis louse Date: circa 1889 infestation with lice
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PEDICULATE — adjective Etymology: ultimately from Latin pediculus little foot, pedicel Date: circa 1890 of or relating to an order (Lophiiformes syn. …
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PEDICLE — noun Etymology: Latin pediculus, from diminutive of ped-, pes Date: 1626 pedicel b, the part of a skin or tissue …
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PEDICEL — noun Etymology: New Latin ~lus, diminutive of Latin pediculus Date: 1676 a slender basal part of an organism or one …
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HEAD LOUSE — noun Date: 1547 a sucking louse ( Pediculus humanus capitis ) that lives on the human scalp
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SUCKING LOUSE — Any of more than 400 species (suborder Anoplura, order Phthiraptera) of small, wingless, flat ectoparasitic insects found worldwide. They have …
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LOUSE, HUMAN — Any of three types of sucking louse that infest humans. The body louse (mainly Pediculus humanus humanus , also called …
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PEDICULATE — I. ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_lə̇t, -ˌlāt, usu -d.+V adjective Etymology: New Latin pediculatus, from Latin pediculus footstalk + -atus -ate — more at …
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PETIOLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌōl noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin petiolus, from Latin, small foot, fruitstalk, spelling in some MSS of peciolus, …
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PEDICULOUS — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_ləs adjective Etymology: Latin pediculosus, from pediculus louse + -osus -ous — more at pedicular : infested with lice : …
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PEDICULOSIS — -ˈlōsə̇s noun ( plural pediculo·ses -ōˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin pediculus louse + -osis — more at pedicular : …
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PEDICULOIDES — ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlȯi(ˌ)dēz Etymology: New Latin, from Latin pediculus louse + -oides synonym of pyemotes
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PEDICULOID — -ˌlȯid adjective Etymology: New Latin Pediculus + English -oid : resembling or related to the common lice
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PEDICULINA — pə̇ˌdikyəˈlīnə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pediculus + -ina in some classifications : a group of lice: …
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PEDICULIDAE — ˌpedəˈkyüləˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pediculus, type genus + -idae : a family of true lice …
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PEDICULE — ˈpedəˌkyül noun ( -s ) Etymology: French pédicule, from Latin pediculus footstalk : pedicel
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PEDICULATED — ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lād.ə̇d adjective Etymology: Latin pediculus footstalk + English -ate + -ed : pedicellate , pedunculate
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PEDICULAR — pə̇ˈdikyələ(r) adjective Etymology: Latin pedicularis, from pediculus louse, diminutive of pedis louse; perhaps akin to Latin pedere to break wind …
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PEDICLE — ˈpedə̇kəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin pediculus little foot, footstalk, diminutive of ped-, pes foot — more at foot …
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PEDICEL — ˈpedəˌsel noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus little foot, footstalk — more at pedicle …
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HEAD LOUSE — noun : a sucking louse frequenting the head of its host ; especially : a louse that is a variety …
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EARTH LOUSE — noun Etymology: translation of Latin pediculus terrae : any of numerous aphids that feed on the roots of plants
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BODY LOUSE — noun : a louse primarily feeding on the body as distinguished from the extremities or head or from the plumage, …
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HUMAN LOUSE — also called Body Louse (Pediculus humanus), one of the most common sucking lice (see sucking louse), found wherever human beings …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOUSE, HUMAN — Any of three types of sucking louse that infest humans. The body louse (mainly Pediculus humanus humanus , also called …
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ВОШЬ ПЛАТЯНАЯ — 1) (Pediculus humanus humanus) body louse 2) (Pediculus vestimenti) clothes louse
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