Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Pediculariidæ so called from some fancied resemblance to a louse. The shell is oblong and slightly involute, and the species live chiefly on corals.
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Gerardia purpurea Virginia Canada flava Ibid. pedicularia Ibid.
Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. 1771
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