bark-louse

1. 1.

   any of several insects living on the bark of plants

   Synonymsbark louse

   Broaderpsocid

Questions about bark-louse

What does bark-louse mean?

bark-louse means "any of several insects living on the bark of plants".

How many syllables are in bark-louse?

bark-louse has 2 syllables: bar-k-louse. The stress falls on "bar".

What is another word for bark-louse?

Close synonyms include bark louse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bark-louse a common word?

bark-louse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.