noun
wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
• Syn: ↑bird louse, ↑louse
• Hypernyms: ↑insect
• Hyponyms: ↑chicken louse, ↑shaft louse, ↑Menopon palladum, ↑Menopon gallinae
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mallophaga, ↑order Mallophaga
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bīting louse noun
A bird-louse
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Main Entry: ↑bite
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biting louse,
any one of an order of wingless lice that feed upon the hair, feathers, and outer skin of birds, rodents, and other warm-blooded animals; bird louse.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.