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chewing louse

noun

Definitions

  1. Any true louse that is not a sucking louse

    Any true louse that is not a sucking louse; a mallophagan.

    • There are cases where more than one species of chewing louse may infest the same host species and the lice may prefer living on specific parts of the host's body.
    • Lice have traditionally been divided into chewing lice (Mallophaga) and sucking lice (Anoplura) based on the structure of their mouthparts and the resulting feeding strategy.

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