pediculus corporis

1. 1.

   a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings

   Synonymsbody lousecootie

   Broaderlouse

   Part ofPediculus

Questions about pediculus corporis

What does pediculus corporis mean?

pediculus corporis means "a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings".

What is another word for pediculus corporis?

Close synonyms include body louse, cootie. 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 pediculus corporis a common word?

pediculus corporis 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.