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".

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.