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Phthiraptera
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Translingual
right|thumb|Pediculus humanus capitis subspecies (human head louse; suborder Anoplura suborder)
Etymology
From mul grc φθείρ louse and grc ἄπτερος wingless, an alpha privative from grc πτερόν wing.
Proper noun
order class Insecta the chewing and sucking lice or parasitic louse parasitic lice
Hypernyms
order ; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota clade - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola clade, Paraneoptera - clades; Psocodea - superorder
Hyponyms
order mul Amblycera, Anoplura suborder, Ischnocera suborder, Rhyncophthirina suborder - suborders
See also
Psocodea
References
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