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Definition of Pediculus humanus
1. Noun. Head or body louse.
Generic synonyms: Louse, Sucking Louse
Group relationships: Genus Pediculus, Pediculus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediculus Humanus
Literary usage of Pediculus humanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"The Human Body Louse (Pediculus humanus L.).—This pest (Fig. 157), which during
the European war also received the common name "cootie," is now generally ..."
2. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"(2) Pediculus humanus, capitis, which lives in the hair of the scalp. It is seen
much more frequently in children than in adults, and in the poor and badly ..."
3. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"390)- """?<"»"• N°te nuf claw ~>d thumb The digestive tract, as in Fio. 173.
Front leg of body louse, Pediculus humanus. Note huge claw and thumb-like ..."
4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"(1d—83) (1d—83) The Infection of Lice (Pediculus humanus) with ... Female specimens
of Pediculus humanus were given an infecting meal of place-let material ..."
5. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"... and so Nuttall united them under the title Pediculus humanus, designating the
head louse as capitis and the clothes louse as' corporis. ..."
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