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book louse

book louse is the alternative form of booklouse.

Meaning of booklouse

Noun

booklouse (plural booklice)

  1. Any of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
    Synonyms:
    bookmite

Forms of book louse

pluralbook lice

Questions about book louse

What is book louse the alternative form of?
Book louse is the alternative form of booklouse.

Words near book louse in the dictionary

  1. book label
  2. book labels
  3. book law
  4. book learning
  5. book lore
  6. book louse
  7. book lover
  8. book lovers
  9. book lung
  10. book lungs
  11. book mite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: book louse (page history and authors); booklouse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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