PSOCID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("psocid" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psocid"):

bark-louse; bark louse (any of several insects living on the bark of plants)

Holonyms ("psocid" 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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