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ORDER PSOCOPTERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice

Synonyms:

Corrodentia; order Corrodentia; order Psocoptera; Psocoptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Psocoptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Psocoptera"):

psocopterous insect (small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs)

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

Atropidae; family Atropidae (booklice)

Holonyms ("order Psocoptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

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