Pediculus

·noun A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. ·see Louse.

pediculus
pĕdīcŭlus (pĕdīclus), i, m. dim. [pes], a little foot. I Lit.: pediculi octoni omnibus, Plin. 9...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.