bird louse

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   wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

   Synonymsbiting louselouse

   Broaderinsect

   Narrowerchicken louse

   Part ofMallophaga

Questions about bird louse

What does bird louse mean?

bird louse means "wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds".

What is another word for bird louse?

Close synonyms include biting louse, 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 bird louse a common word?

bird 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.