Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pediculus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: pedicu-lus
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin pēdis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin pediculusbor. English pediculus Borrowed from Latin pediculus.

Inflected Forms

pediculi (plural)

Questions

What does pediculus mean?: A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.
Where does pediculus come from?: Etymology tree Latin pēdis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin pediculusbor. English pediculus Borrowed from Latin pediculus.

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