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Webster 1913 Edition
Mallophaga
‖
Mal-loph′a-ga
(măl-lŏf′ȧ-gȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μαλλόσ
a lock of wool + φαγεῖν
to eat.] (Zool.)
An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; – called also
bird lice
. See Bird louse
, under Bird
.