Definition of bird lice. Meaning of bird lice. Synonyms of bird lice

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Definition of bird lice

bird lice
Mallophaga Mal*loph"a*ga, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lock of wool + ? to eat.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of bird lice from wikipedia

- phylogenetic research. Lice are obligate parasites, living externally on warm-blooded hosts which include every species of bird and mammal, except for...
- A bird louse is any chewing louse (small, biting insects) of order Phthiraptera which parasitizes warm-blooded animals, especially birds. Bird lice may...
- paraphyletic section of lice, known as chewing lice, biting lice, or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species. These lice are external parasites that...
- species, Pediculus schaeffi. Other species of lice infest most orders of mammals and all orders of birds. Lice differ from other hematophagic ectoparasites...
- of a bird, require maintenance. Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and bird lice. The...
- (previously unrecorded) species of bats, birds, and mallophaga (bird lice)". In 1940, a genus of bird lice, Meinertzhageniella, was named after him by...
- genus Haemoproteus have been recovered from four of the five species. Bird lice of the ischnoceran genus Pectinopygus and amblyceran genus Colpocephalum...
- preen in birds, followed by readdition of preening ability was shown to result in changes in body size in lice. Once the ability of the birds to preen...
- streamers also have larger white tail spots, and since feather-eating bird lice prefer white feathers, large white tail spots without parasite damage...
- Kiwi (/ˈkiːwiː/ KEE-wee) are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes. The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae...