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PSOCOPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice
Synonyms:
Corrodentia; order Corrodentia; order Psocoptera; Psocoptera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Psocoptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Psocoptera"):
psocopterous insect (small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs)
family Psocidae; Psocidae (a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice)
Atropidae; family Atropidae (booklice)
Holonyms ("Psocoptera" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)