- genus Menopon
- nounchicken lice• Syn: ↑Menopon• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Mallophaga, ↑order Mallophaga• Member Meronyms: ↑chicken louse, ↑shaft louse, ↑Menopon palladum, ↑Menopon gallinae
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genus Menopon
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Menopon — noun chicken lice • Syn: ↑genus Menopon • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mallophaga, ↑order Mallophaga • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Menopon gallinae — noun a louse parasitic on poultry • Syn: ↑chicken louse, ↑shaft louse, ↑Menopon palladum • Hypernyms: ↑bird louse, ↑biting louse, ↑louse • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Menopon palladum — noun a louse parasitic on poultry • Syn: ↑chicken louse, ↑shaft louse, ↑Menopon gallinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird louse, ↑biting louse, ↑louse • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Menopon — A genus of biting lice (family Menoponidae, order Mallophaga) found on birds; it includes important pests that infect domestic fowl, such as M. gallinae (M. pallidum), the shaft louse of poultry, a light yellow louse about 1.7 to 2.0 … Medical dictionary
arthropod genus — noun a genus of arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangium, ↑genus Phalangium, ↑Chelifer, ↑genus Chelifer, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
shaft louse — noun a louse parasitic on poultry • Syn: ↑chicken louse, ↑Menopon palladum, ↑Menopon gallinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird louse, ↑biting louse, ↑louse • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
chicken louse — noun a louse parasitic on poultry • Syn: ↑shaft louse, ↑Menopon palladum, ↑Menopon gallinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird louse, ↑biting louse, ↑louse • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mallophaga — noun biting lice • Syn: ↑order Mallophaga • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda … Useful english dictionary
order Mallophaga — noun biting lice • Syn: ↑Mallophaga • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda … Useful english dictionary
shaft louse — n a biting louse of the genus Menopon (M. gallinae) that commonly infests domestic fowls … Medical dictionary
