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 bird louse 名詞

 Mal·loph·a·ga n. pl.  Zool. An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.
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 Bird n.
 1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
    That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.   --Shak.
    The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.   --Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20).
 2. Zool. A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
 3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
 4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
 And by my word! the bonny bird
 In danger shall not tarry.   --Campbell.
 Arabian bird, the phenix.
 Bird of Jove, the eagle.
 Bird of Juno, the peacock.
 Bird louse Zool., a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite Zool., a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.
 Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
 Bird spider Zool., a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds.
 Bird tick Zool., a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.

 bird louse
      n : wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly
          parasitic on birds [syn: biting louse, louse]