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    BIRD LOUSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birdsplay

    Synonyms:

    bird louse; biting louse; louse

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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