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BIRD LOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
Synonyms:
bird louse; biting louse; louse
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bird louse" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird louse"):
chicken louse; Menopon gallinae; Menopon palladum; shaft louse (a louse parasitic on poultry)
Holonyms ("bird louse" is a member of...):
Mallophaga; order Mallophaga (biting lice)