Translingual

Proper noun

Pthirus pubis m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Pthiridae – the crab louse or pubic louse, exclusively a parasite of humans.

Hypernyms

• (species): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Paraneoptera - clades; Psocodea - superorder; Phthiraptera - order; Anoplura - suborder; Pthiridae - family

Coordinate terms

• (species): Pthirus gorillae

See also

• Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse)
• Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse)
• pediculosis pubis