chicken louse
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chicken louse
n
(Animals) a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
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| Noun | 1. |  chicken louse - a louse parasitic on poultry bird louse, biting louse, louse - wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds genus Menopon, Menopon - chicken lice |
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