BOOK LOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does book louse mean? 

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

1. minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOK LOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

book louse; booklouse; deathwatch; Liposcelis divinatorius

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

psocopterous insect (small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs)

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

common booklouse; Trogium pulsatorium (a variety of booklouse)

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

genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis (a genus of Psocidae)