Phthiraptera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φθείρ (phtheír, “louse”) and ἄπτερος (ápteros, “wingless”), an alpha privative from πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Phthiraptera

  1. A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – the chewing and sucking lice or parasitic lice.

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