pĕdīcŭlus

a louse: qui inter pilos palpebrarum pediculi nascuntur: id φθειρίασιν Graeci nominant, Cels. 6, 6, 15; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 121: ocimi cibus pediculos facit, id. 20, 12, 48, § 120; Col. 8, 7: pediculi terrae, another name for the scarabaei terrestres, Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39.—In the form peduculus: (marini), Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77; 32, 8, 28, § 89; Pelag. Vet. 7 med.; cf.: peduculus, φθείρ, Gloss. Philox.: pulex, cimex, peduculus, Not. Tir. p. 176.—Form pedunculus, Pelag. 1, 1.