mallophaga in English
noun
1
an order of insects that comprises the biting lice.
We found feather mites and feather lice ( Mallophaga ) on all species of birds and at every site.
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1. The Anoplura and Mallophaga of North American mammals (1915) (6 F) E
2. Any of numerous small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or sucking insects of the orders Mallophaga or Anoplura, many of which are external parasites on various animals, including human beings.
3. Two groups of ectoparasites (Mallophaga and Acarina) and two groups of helminths (Cestoda and Nematoda) were recovered from 49 Puffinus gravis collected off the coast of insular Newfoundland, in 1974 and 1975.