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bird louse
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Princeton's WordNet
bird louse, biting louse, lousenoun
wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
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bird louse
A bird louse is a type of ectoparasite (a parasite that lives on the external body surface) that specifically infests birds. These are small, flat-bodied insects that live among the feathers, primarily feeding on the bird's dead feathers, skin scales, and blood. Bird lice, which belong to the order Phthiraptera, can cause various bird diseases and play a significant role in bird ecology and evolution. Different species of bird lice often specialize in specific bird species.
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Bird louse
Bird louse refers to any chewing louse of order Phthiraptera which parasitizes warm-blooded animals, especially birds. Bird lice may feed on feathers, skin, or blood. They have no wings, and their biting mouth parts distinguish them from true lice, which suck blood. Almost all domestic birds are hosts for at least one species of bird louse. Chickens and other poultry are attacked by many kinds of bird lice. Bird lice usually do not cause much harm to a bird unless it is unusually infested as in the case of birds with damaged bills which cannot preen themselves properly. In such cases,their irritation may cause the bird to damage itself by scratching. In extreme cases, the infestation may even interfere with egg production and the fattening of poultry. Unlike true lice, bird lice do not carry infectious diseases. Having coevolved with their specific host, phylogenetic relationships among bird lice are sometimes of use when trying to determine phylogenetic relationships among birds. Earlier all chewing lice were considered to form the paraphyletic order Mallophaga while the sucking lice were thought to form the order Anoplura. Recent reclassification has combined these orders into the order Phthiraptera. The bird lice belong to two suborders, Amblycera and Ischnocera, although some members of these suborders do not parasitize birds and are therefore not bird lice.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bird louse in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bird louse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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