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GENUS LIPOSCELIS

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Meaning:

A genus of Psocidae

Synonyms:

genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Liposcelis" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Liposcelis"):

book louse; booklouse; deathwatch; Liposcelis divinatorius (minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers)

Holonyms ("genus Liposcelis" is a member of...):

family Psocidae; Psocidae (a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice)

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