| biting louse 
 
 wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting;
 mostly parasitic on birds
 • Syn:
 bird louse, louse
 • Derivationally related forms:
 lousy (for: louse)
 • Hypernyms:
 insect
 • Hyponyms:
 chicken louse, shaft louse, Menopon palladum, Menopon gallinae
 • Member Holonyms:
 Mallophaga, order Mallophaga
 
 
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