ORDER CORRODENTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Corrodentia mean? 

• ORDER CORRODENTIA (noun)
  The noun ORDER CORRODENTIA has 1 sense:

1. an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice

  Familiarity information: ORDER CORRODENTIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER CORRODENTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Corrodentia; order Corrodentia; order Psocoptera; Psocoptera

Hypernyms ("order Corrodentia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Corrodentia"):

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

family Psocidae; Psocidae (a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice)

Atropidae; family Atropidae (booklice)

Holonyms ("order Corrodentia" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)