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puliˈcarious, a. nonce-wd.
[f. L. pūlicāri-us of or belonging to fleas, f. pūlex, pūlic-em flea; cf. pūlicāria (sc. herba) flea-bane: see -ous.]
Of the nature of a flea, of the flea kind.
1872Ruskin Fors Clav. xvii. 4 Has he multiplied himself into a host of pulicarious dragons—bug-dragons?
So † ˈpulicary a. Obs.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 358 Psyllium is a pulicary hearb so called from..its seed. |