noun
booklice
• Syn: ↑family Atropidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Psocoptera, ↑order Psocoptera, ↑Corrodentia, ↑order Corrodentia
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\\ə.ˈträpəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Atropos, type genus (from Greek Atropos) + -idae; from the belief that the ticking sound made by some species of book lice forebodes a death
: a widely distributed family of wingless insects (order Corrodentia) that include most book lice and that feed on organic debris and often damage various stored products (as processed foods, book bindings, and herbarium specimens)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.