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pedicular

American

[puh-dik-yuh-ler] / pəˈdɪk yə lər /

adjective

of or relating to lice.

pedicular British

/ pɪˈdɪkjʊlə /

adjective

relating to, infested with, or caused by lice
biology of or relating to a stem, stalk, or pedicle

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Etymology

Origin of pedicular

1650–60; < Latin pēdiculāris, derivative of pēdiculus, diminutive of pēdis louse; see -cule ¹, -ar ¹

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Sometimes it is vegetable stuff, sometimes animal, but it always teems with pedicular creatures akin to that low and vulgar kind not usually recognized in polite society.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 by Various

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