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BITING LOUSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bird louse; biting louse; louse

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("biting louse" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biting louse"):

chicken louse; Menopon gallinae; Menopon palladum; shaft louse (a louse parasitic on poultry)

Holonyms ("biting louse" is a member of...):

Mallophaga; order Mallophaga (biting lice)

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