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Definition of Menopon
1. Noun. Chicken lice.
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
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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