PUBIC LOUSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

Synonyms:

crab; crab louse; Phthirius pubis; pubic louse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pubic louse" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pubic louse" is a member of...):

genus Phthirius; genus Phthirus; Phthirius; Phthirus (true lice: crab lice)

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