pidocchio

Concepts

louse

lice

nit

skinflint

sucking louse

Pediculus humanus

Phthiraptera

mussel

common louse

Synonyms

Phthiraptera

pidocchi

pedocchjiu

Pediculus humanus

Translations

Laus

pou

piolho

piojo

luis

ψείρα

poll

🐔

bit

pediculus

قَمْلَةٌ

قملة

pedis

قَمْلٌ

Kleiderlaus

Hyphenated as

pi‧dòc‧chio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈdɔk.kjo/

Etymology

From Late Latin peduclus, contracted form of peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, diminutive of pēdis (“louse”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Sicilian pidicchiu.