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mal·lopha·ga
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Princeton's WordNet
Mallophaga, order Mallophaganoun
biting lice
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Mallophaga
The Mallophaga are a possibly paraphyletic section 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 mammals and birds, and cause considerable irritation to their hosts. They have paurometabolis or incomplete metamorphosis.
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mallophaga
Mallophaga is an order of insects, also known as chewing lice or biting lice, that are external parasites primarily of birds and mammals. They feed on skin and feather debris, and are usually found on the bodies of birds and some mammals.
Webster Dictionary
Mallophaga
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
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. mallo`s a lock of wool + fagei^n to eat.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Mallophaga
An order of insects comprising the chewing lice or biting lice, many of which are parasitic on wild birds and domestic fowl and on wild and domestic mammals. Suborders include Amblycera and Ischnocera.
Entomology
Mallophaga
wool-eaters: an ordinal term applied to biting lice: wingless: mandibulate; thoracic segments similar; no metamorphosis: =Lipoptera.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mallophaga in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mallophaga in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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