PSOCOPTEROUS INSECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psocopterous insect mean? 

• PSOCOPTEROUS INSECT (noun)
  The noun PSOCOPTEROUS INSECT has 1 sense:

1. small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs

  Familiarity information: PSOCOPTEROUS INSECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSOCOPTEROUS INSECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("psocopterous insect" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psocopterous insect"):

psocid (small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter)

book louse; booklouse; deathwatch; Liposcelis divinatorius (minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers)

Holonyms ("psocopterous insect" is a member of...):

Corrodentia; order Corrodentia; order Psocoptera; Psocoptera (an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice)