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anoplurans

anoplurans is the plural of anopluran.

Meaning of anopluran

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
    Synonyms:
    sucking louse

Questions about anoplurans

What is anoplurans the plural of?
Anoplurans is the plural of anopluran.

Words near anoplurans in the dictionary

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

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