Definition of Anoplura

1. Noun. Sucking lice.


Definition of Anoplura

1. n. pl. A group of insects which includes the lice.

Medical Definition of Anoplura

1. A group of insects which includes the lice. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Priv. + weapon, sting + tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anoplura

anophelicide
anophelifuge
anopheline
anophelines
anophelism
anophthalmias
anophyte
anophytes
anopia
anopias
anopla
anoplasty
anoplotherium
anoplura (current term)
anopsia
anopsias
anopsy
anorak
anoraked
anorakish
anoraks
anoraky
anorchidism
anorectal
anorectal abscess

Literary usage of Anoplura

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)
"The lice which are so commonly found on birds belong to a different group and are structurally quite different from anoplura. Six genera and about forty ..."

2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"Samples of anoplura or Sucking Lice, greatly enlarged. (After Datta Torre.) anoplura (Fig. 156) occur on man, monkeys, domestic animals, rats, mice, ..."

3. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Sweetland Dallas (1867)
"ORDER X.—anoplura. 801. THE Insects of this Order,—the Louse and its allies,— are regarded with the greatest disgust by the common consent of civilized Man ..."

4. Catalogue of the educational division of the South Kensington museum by Victoria and Albert museum, South Kensington Museum (1876)
"anoplura or Parasitic Insects. F. Stephens. 2s. 1852. Part 12. Lepidoptera (continued). ... Nomenclátor of anoplura, Eu- T. Stainton,MES Ss. 185*. ..."

5. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, An Introduction to the Knowledge by George Samouelle (1819)
"Latr., Leach. Inhabits Europe; is common on the ground and in damp hedges. Order II. anoplura. ... anoplura."

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