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anopluran

anopluran noun: any louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse.

anopluran: any louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse
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Noun

anopluran (plural anoplurans)

  1. Any louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse.
    • Unlike the masticating mallophagans, anoplurans have mouthparts modified for piercing epidermal tissues and sucking up blood.1993, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers, page 226
    • Ungulates and squirrels (the latter in the family Sciuridae) are particularly heavily parasitized by anoplurans, and several small or even monotypic families of anoplurans parasitize phylogenetically isolated mammalian groups.2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    sucking louse

Synonyms of anopluran

Forms of anopluran

pluralanoplurans

Origin of anopluran

Anoplura + -n

Questions about anopluran

What does anopluran mean?
Anopluran means any louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse.
What part of speech is anopluran?
Anopluran is a noun.
What is the plural of anopluran?
The plural of anopluran is anoplurans.

Words near anopluran in the dictionary

  1. anoplotheres
  2. anoplotheriid
  3. anoplotheriids
  4. anoplotherium
  5. anoplotheriums
  6. anopluran
  7. anoplurans
  8. anopore
  9. anopsia
  10. anopsias
  11. anopsologist

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