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bird louse

any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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