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psocids

psocids is the plural of psocid.

Meaning of psocid

Noun

psocid (plural psocids)

  1. Any barklouse of the family Psocidae.
    • Psocids (New 1987) are free-living insects that feed on microflora and organic debris on surfaces of vegetation or on other surfaces.[…]Psocids are frequently gregarious as nymphs or adults and may even group together under a communal web.1993, Charles Leonard Hogue, Latin American Insects and Entomology, page 186
    Synonyms:
    bark fly, bark louse, book louse, psocopteran

Questions about psocids

What is psocids the plural of?
Psocids is the plural of psocid.

Words near psocids in the dictionary

  1. psoas major
  2. psoas minor
  3. psoases
  4. psoatic
  5. psocid
  6. psocids
  7. psocodean
  8. psocodeans
  9. psocopteran
  10. psocopterans
  11. psocopterous

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