genus phthirus

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   true lice: crab lice

   SynonymsPhthiriusgenus PhthiriusPhthirus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofPhthiriidae

Questions about genus phthirus

What does genus phthirus mean?

genus phthirus means "true lice: crab lice".

What is another word for genus phthirus?

Close synonyms include Phthirius, genus Phthirius, Phthirus. 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 phthirus a common word?

genus phthirus 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.