liposcelis divinatorius

Questions about liposcelis divinatorius

What does liposcelis divinatorius mean?

liposcelis divinatorius means "minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers".

What is another word for liposcelis divinatorius?

Close synonyms include booklouse, book louse, deathwatch. 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 liposcelis divinatorius a common word?

liposcelis divinatorius 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.