Definitions of psocopterous insect
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small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs
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psocid
small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
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Liposcelis divinatorius, book louse, booklouse, deathwatch
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
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bark louse, bark-louse
any of several insects living on the bark of plants
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Trogium pulsatorium, common booklouse
a variety of booklouse
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insect
small air-breathing arthropod
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