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MALLOPHAGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mallophaga mean?
• MALLOPHAGA (noun)
The noun MALLOPHAGA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MALLOPHAGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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