1) Animal order 2) Biting lice 3) Order mallophaga
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Mallophaga is a suborder of lice, known as chewing lice, biting lice or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species. These lice are external parasites that feed mainly on birds although some species also feed on mammals. They infest both domestic and wild animals and birds and cause considerable irritation to their host. They have paurometabolis ...
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• (n. pl.) 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.
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Mal·loph'a·ga (măl*lŏf'ȧ*gȧ) noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek mallo`s a lock of wool + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoology) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mă-lof′ă-gă Definitions: 1. An order of biting lice that cause irritation by feeding on hair, feathers, and skin, and on blood and exudates when present; most species are found on birds, but some are found on common domestic animals. The genera Menacanthus and Menopon (family Menoponidae) attack domest...
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Mallophaga is the biting lice order of insects of the subclass Pterygota, division Hemimetabola. They are very small or minute secondarily wingless ectoparasites growing to about six millimetres in length and living largely on birds. They have chewing mouth parts and reduced eyes and antennae. The young resemble the adults, and because of the absen...
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n] - biting lice
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Mallophaga Chewing lice; order of small wingless hemipterodean insects that live exclusively as obligate ectoparasites of birds and mammals; body depressed, mouthparts specialized for chewing; eggs attached to hair or feathers; some may be of economic importance in domestic animals.
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order Mallophaga noun biting lice
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