BIRD LOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird louse mean? 

• BIRD LOUSE (noun)
  The noun BIRD LOUSE has 1 sense:

1. wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

  Familiarity information: BIRD LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRD LOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bird louse; biting louse; louse

Hypernyms ("bird louse" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird louse"):

chicken louse; Menopon gallinae; Menopon palladum; shaft louse (a louse parasitic on poultry)

Holonyms ("bird louse" is a member of...):

Mallophaga; order Mallophaga (biting lice)