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booklouse

booklouse noun: any of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.

Noun

booklouse (plural booklice)

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

booklouse meaning in Tamil

booklouse in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of booklouse

Forms of booklouse

pluralbooklice

Origin of booklouse

From book + louse. So called because they feed on bookbinding glue.

Questions about booklouse

What does booklouse mean?
Booklouse means any of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
What is booklouse in Tamil?
Booklouse in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Booklouse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is booklouse?
Booklouse is a noun.
What is the plural of booklouse?
The plural of booklouse is booklice.

Words near booklouse in the dictionary

  1. bookling
  2. booklings
  3. booklist
  4. booklists
  5. booklore
  6. booklouse
  7. booklover
  8. booklovers
  9. Booklr
  10. booklung
  11. booklungs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: booklouse (page history and authors); booklouse (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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