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mallophaga
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mallophaga has 1 sense
- mallophaga(n = noun.animal) order mallophaga - biting lice; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta
CIDE DICTIONARY
mallophaga, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mallo`s a lock of wool + fagei^n to eat.].
An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice . See Bird louse , under Bird. [1913 Webster]
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