genus pediculus

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   type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans

   SynonymsPediculus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofPediculidae

Questions about genus pediculus

What does genus pediculus mean?

genus pediculus means "type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans".

What is another word for genus pediculus?

Close synonyms include Pediculus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus pediculus a common word?

genus pediculus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.