chewing louse.
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chewing louse — chewing louse, = biting louse. (Cf. ↑biting louse) … Useful english dictionary
chewing louse — ▪ insect also called biting louse, any of about 2,900 species of small, wingless insects (order Phthiraptera), worldwide in distribution, that have chewing mouthparts, a flattened body, and shortened front legs used to transport food to… … Universalium
Chewing louse — Taxobox | name = Amblycera regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Phthiraptera subordo=MallophagaChewing lice (Mallophaga) have nearly 3000 species and represent the larger of the two traditional suborders of lice (cf.… … Wikipedia
chewing louse. — See under louse (def. 2) … Useful english dictionary
louse — n. /lows/; v. /lows, lowz/, n., pl. lice /luys/ for 1 3, louses for 4, v., loused, lousing. n. 1. any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse), parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking,… … Universalium
Louse — Lice redirects here. For the infection, see Pediculosis. For the district of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey, see Lice, Turkey. For other uses, see Louse (disambiguation). Phthiraptera … Wikipedia
louse — Common name for members of the ectoparasitic insect orders Anoplura (sucking lice) and Mallophaga (biting lice). Important species are Felicola subrostrata (cat l.), Goniocotes gallinae (fluff l.), Goniodes dissimilis (brown chicken l.),… … Medical dictionary
louse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vermin, bug, parasite; Slang, lout, cad, rascal, bounder, dog, stinker, SOB, rat. See animal, evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Hemiptera (Latin), pediculus, mite; see insect . Types of lice include:… … English dictionary for students
Bird louse — refers to any chewing louse (paraphyletic suborder Mallophaga) which parasitizes birds. Recent reclassification has found that bird lice belong to two suborders, Amblycera and Ischnocera, although some members of these suborders do not parasitize … Wikipedia
bird louse — n. any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds * * * ▪ insect any of two groups of chewing lice (order Phthiraptera) that live on birds and feed on feathers, skin … Universalium
