PEDICULUS CAPITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pediculus capitis mean? 

• PEDICULUS CAPITIS (noun)
  The noun PEDICULUS CAPITIS has 1 sense:

1. infests the head and body of humans

  Familiarity information: PEDICULUS CAPITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDICULUS CAPITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infests the head and body of humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

head louse; Pediculus capitis

Hypernyms ("Pediculus capitis" is a kind of...):

louse; sucking louse (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)

Holonyms ("Pediculus capitis" is a member of...):

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