Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of ametabolous apterous parasitic insects with mandibulate mouth-parts and coalesced mesometathorax, jointed antennæ and palpi, superior spiracles, and short stout legs ending in hooked claws.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also
bird lice . See Bird louse, underbird .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun biting lice
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Examples
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Antennary furrow: in Mallophaga, grooves on the under side of the head in which the antennae lie.
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Paunch: a crop-like accessory pouch in some Mallophaga: any pouch-like appendage of the alimentary canal.
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Platyptera: flat and broad-winged: an ordinal term applied to insects with four net-veined wings, secondaries longitudinally folded beneath primaries; mouth mandibulate; prothorax free; transformations complete: Psocidae, Termitidae, Perlidae and Mallophaga.
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Forehead: in Mallophaga, the head in front of the mandibles and antennae.
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Hind-head: Mallophaga; that part of head behind mandibles and antennae.
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Lipoptera: = Mallophaga; q.v. Literate: ornamented with characters like letters.
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Ocular emargination: in Mallophaga, a lateral emargination of the head in which the eye is received posteriorly.
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Ocular fleck: in Mallophaga, a small, intensely black spot of pigment in the eyes.
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Occipital margin: in Mallophaga, the posterior margin of the head.
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Oral fossa: in Mallophaga, a furrow lying in front of the mandibles.
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