Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An aberrant order of degraded parasitic hemipterous insects, or lice: synonymous with Mallophaga and Pediculina in some uses of these terms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
suborder within theorder Phthiraptera — the sucking lice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sucking lice
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Examples
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Anoplura: wingless species without metamorphosis, habits epizoötic, thoracic segments similarly developed: a composite aggregation which includes both the biting and sucking lice.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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From this source not only many living in poverty and squalor are said to have died, but also men of renown, among whom Denny in his work on the Anoplura, or lice, of
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Anoplura and have long been associated with people.
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Anoplura and have long been associated with people.
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Anoplura and have long been associated with people.
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