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LICE |
Parasitic insects |
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PULEX |
A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See Flea. |
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SIPHON |
The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and
crustaceans. |
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PARASITA |
An artificial group formerly made for parasitic
insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc. |
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PEDICULINA |
A division of parasitic hemipterous insects,
including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix. |
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PUPIVORA |
A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the
ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects. |
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CHALCID FLY |
One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects
(Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects. |
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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. |
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STYLOPS |
A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval
state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group
Strepsiptera, formerly cons... |
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LOUSE |
Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly
parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as
Mallophaga, or bird li... |
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STREPSIPTERA |
...ings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted
appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are
parasitic... |
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GORDIUS |
A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in
insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in
water, in which the... |