psocid

Definitions


[ˈsəʊkɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small or minute insect of an order that includes the booklice. Many psocids are wingless and somewhat resemble lice or aphids, and most live on bark and among foliage


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Origin:
late 19th century: from modern Latin Psocidae (plural), from Psocus (genus name), from Greek psōkhein ‘to grind’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries