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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
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Anoplura, Order Anoplura
Member holonyms: Genus Pediculus, Pediculus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediculidae
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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