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BOOKLOUSE (booklice)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does booklouse mean?
• BOOKLOUSE (noun)
The noun BOOKLOUSE has 1 sense:
1. minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
Familiarity information: BOOKLOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("booklouse" 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 "booklouse"):
common booklouse; Trogium pulsatorium (a variety of booklouse)
Holonyms ("booklouse" is a member of...):
genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis (a genus of Psocidae)
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