pedicular
Americanadjective
adjective
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relating to, infested with, or caused by lice
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biology of or relating to a stem, stalk, or pedicle
Etymology
Origin of pedicular
1650–60; < Latin pēdiculāris, derivative of pēdiculus, diminutive of pēdis louse; -cule 1, -ar 1
Example Sentences
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"Can't be too pedicular in a pinch," he grinned as he wriggled dubiously into the dry garments, and in a few minutes he was seated beside the girl upon a rough bench drawn close to the fire.
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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.
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Even now the Homoeopathists have been introducing the venom of serpents, under the learned title of Lachesis, and outraging human nature with infusions of the pediculus capitis; that is, of course, as we understand their dilutions, the names of these things; for if a fine-tooth-comb insect were drowned in Lake Superior, we cannot agree with them in thinking that every drop of its waters would be impregnated with all the pedicular virtues they so highly value.
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