Definition of Menopon

1. Noun. Chicken lice.

Exact synonyms: Genus Menopon
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Mallophaga, Order Mallophaga
Member holonyms: Chicken Louse, Menopon Gallinae, Menopon Palladum, Shaft Louse

Medical Definition of Menopon

1. A genus of biting lice (family Menoponidae, order Mallophaga) found on birds; it includes important pests that infect domestic fowl, such as Menopon gallinae (Menopon pallidum), the shaft louse of poultry, a light yellow louse about 1.7 to 2.0 mm long, found on barnyard fowl, ducks, and pigeons. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menopon

Menninger
Menno
Mennonite
Mennonite Church
Mennonite Low German
Mennonites
Mennonitism
Mennos
Menoetius
Menologia
Menologium
Menominee
Menominee whitefish
Menomini
Menopon (current term)
Menopon gallinae
Menopon palladum
Menotti
Menotyphla
Mensa
Mensan
Mensans
Menshevik
Mentha aquatica
Mentha arvensis
Mentha citrata
Mentha longifolia
Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium

Literary usage of Menopon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"... as do the true lice, but feed upon the feathers or hair of the birds or mammals upon which they are found. Fig. 237.—Menopon ..."

2. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"PLATE XIII.—Internal male genitalia. Fig. 1, Transverse section of testis of Menopon titan; nip outer tunica, ep epithelium. Fig. 2, Transverse section of ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"4, Female genitalia of Menopon ... 6, Respiratory system of Menopon titan (original). Fig. 7, Head, under side, ..."

4. California Water Birds by Leverett Mills Loomis (1897)
"5, Male genitalia of Menopon pallidum (after Nitzsch). Fig. 6, Respiratory system of Menopon titan (original). Fig. ..."

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