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PSOCID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does psocid mean?
• PSOCID (noun)
The noun PSOCID has 1 sense:
1. small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
Familiarity information: PSOCID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("psocid" 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 "psocid"):
bark-louse; bark louse (any of several insects living on the bark of plants)
Holonyms ("psocid" is a member of...):
family Psocidae; Psocidae (a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice)
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