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pulicose

pulicose is the alternative form of pulicous.

Meaning of pulicous

Adjective

pulicous (comparative more pulicous, superlative most pulicous)

  1. (archaic) flea-ridden
    • An emaciated dog sprang out from behind a tree, its coat pulicous, more swarming flees[sic] than fur in fact2007, Michael J. A. Speyer, The Chronicles of Samuel Sassodoro, Book One
    Synonyms:
    pulicose

Forms of pulicose

comparativemore pulicose
superlativemost pulicose

Questions about pulicose

What is pulicose the alternative form of?
Pulicose is the alternative form of pulicous.

Words near pulicose in the dictionary

  1. pulicidal
  2. pulicide
  3. pulicides
  4. pulicids
  5. pulicine
  6. pulicose
  7. pulicous
  8. Pulido
  9. Pulidos
  10. pulihora
  11. pulik

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulicose (page history and authors); pulicous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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