noun
wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
• Syn: ↑biting louse, ↑louse
• Hypernyms: ↑insect
• Hyponyms: ↑chicken louse, ↑shaft louse, ↑Menopon palladum, ↑Menopon gallinae
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mallophaga, ↑order Mallophaga
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noun : any of numerous wingless insects of the order Mallophaga mostly parasitic on birds, a few on mammals, all having mouths adapted to biting, not sucking, and feeding on the feathers, hair, or skin of the host often causing injury — called also biting louse
Useful english dictionary. 2012.