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MALLOPHAGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mallophaga mean? 

MALLOPHAGA (noun)
  The noun MALLOPHAGA has 1 sense:

1. biting liceplay

  Familiarity information: MALLOPHAGA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALLOPHAGA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Biting lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mallophaga; order Mallophaga

Hypernyms ("Mallophaga" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Mallophaga"):

bird louse; biting louse; louse (wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds)

genus Menopon; Menopon (chicken lice)

Holonyms ("Mallophaga" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)


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