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Definition of Bird louse
1. Noun. Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds.
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Mallophaga, Order Mallophaga
Specialized synonyms: Chicken Louse, Menopon Gallinae, Menopon Palladum, Shaft Louse
Derivative terms: Lousy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bird Louse
Literary usage of Bird louse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"Bird-louse of Cardinal. ... Kellogg records it from the N. American Cardinal and
many other birds. Bird-louse of Bluebird. ..."
2. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"A bird louse , Nir- Orthoptera are so colored and mus ... The bird louse to a
marvelous degree this modi- ..."
3. Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests by Alpheus Spring Packard (1873)
"... (max2) are still large, while afterwards the labium becomes nearly obsolete.
Figure 118 represents a front I view of the mouth parts of a bird louse, . ..."
4. Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests by Alpheus Spring Packard (1873)
"... (max1) are still large, while afterwards the labium becomes nearly obsolete.
Figure 118 represents a front . view of the mouth parts of a bird louse, ..."
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