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SHAFT LOUSE

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• SHAFT LOUSE (noun)
The noun SHAFT LOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a louse parasitic on poultry

Familiarity information: SHAFT LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

• SHAFT LOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A louse parasitic on poultry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chicken louse; Menopon gallinae; Menopon palladum; shaft louse

Hypernyms ("shaft louse" is a kind of...):

bird louse; biting louse; louse (wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds)

Holonyms ("shaft louse" is a member of...):

genus Menopon; Menopon (chicken lice)

"Little by little and bit by bit."
(English proverb)
"In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"One day is for us, and the other is against us."
(Arabic proverb)
"Being able to feel it on wooden shoes."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of genus Menopon
Definition of biting louse
Pronunciation of louse
Definition of bird louse
Definition of Menopon

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