Definition of Pediculidae

1. Noun. True lice: human lice and related forms.

Exact synonyms: Family Pediculidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Anoplura, Order Anoplura
Member holonyms: Genus Pediculus, Pediculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediculidae

Pecksniffery
Pecos
Pecos River
Pecquet's cistern
Pecquet's duct
Pecquet's reservoir
Pecten irradians
Pecten magellanicus
Pectinibranchia
Pectinidae
Pedaliaceae
Pediamycin
Pediapred
Pediculidae (current term)
Pediculoides ventricosus
Pediculus capitis
Pediculus corporis
Pediculus humanus
Pedilanthus
Pedilanthus bracteatus
Pedilanthus pavonis
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Pediocactus
Pediocactus knowltonii
Pedioecetes
Pedioecetes phasianellus
Pedionomus
Pedionomus torquatus

Literary usage of Pediculidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"Sci. Philadelphia, viii; Saville-Kent, A, NH (5), xv. 1885. Mallophaga, Grosse, ZWZ xlii. 1885; Taschenberg, Nova Acta, 44, 1883; and Pediculidae, Piaget, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The Pediculidae, or lire, are the most completely parasitic of insects, and are degraded wingless insects found on almost any kind of bird or mammal, ..."

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