pulicose

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A form of pulicous — flea-ridden

Scrabble 12

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adjectivepulicose (comparative more pulicose, superlative most pulicose)

comparative more pulicose · superlative most pulicose

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pulicous.

    Exhibiting from the first a pulicose, or flea-bite appearance. The flea-bite spots preceded by reddish, rounded, and nettle-sting wheals […]

    1829, John Mason Good, Samuel Cooper, The study of medicine, volume 3, page 444

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