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Phthirius

noun

true lice: crab lice

• Syn: ↑genus Phthirius, ↑Phthirus, ↑genus Phthirus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Phthiriidae, ↑family Phthiriidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑crab louse, ↑pubic louse, ↑crab, ↑Phthirius pubis

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\\ˈthirēəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phtheir louse

: a genus (the type of the family Phthiriidae) containing the crab louse

Useful english dictionary. 2012.