PEDICULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pediculidae mean? 

• PEDICULIDAE (noun)
  The noun PEDICULIDAE has 1 sense:

1. true lice: human lice and related forms

  Familiarity information: PEDICULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDICULIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

True lice: human lice and related forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pediculidae; Pediculidae

Hypernyms ("Pediculidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pediculidae"):

genus Pediculus; Pediculus (type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans)

Holonyms ("Pediculidae" is a member of...):

Anoplura; order Anoplura (sucking lice)