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单词 psocoptera
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Psocopteran.

Brit. /sə(ʊ)ˈkɒpt(ə)rə/, U.S. /soʊˈkɑptərə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Psocoptera.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Psocoptera, order name (A. E. Shipley 1904, in Zool. Anzeiger 27 261) < scientific Latin Psocus , genus name (see psocid n.) + ancient Greek πτερόν wing (see ptero- comb. form). Compare earlier psocid n.
Entomology.
With plural agreement. An order of insects comprising the booklice or psocids; (also psocoptera) members of this order collectively.
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1904 Science 29 July 155/1 As if we did not already have enough names for the orders of insects, Mr. A. E. Shipley generously gives us seven more... The new names are..Psocoptera for Psocidæ, Embioptera for Embiidæ..[etc.].
1945 Q. Rev. Biol. 20 242 Parthenogenetic species have recently been reported..in the Psocoptera.., the ‘book louse’ order.
1966 J. Sankey Chalkland Ecol. iv. 93 Book-lice (Psocoptera)—these are widely distributed, often on trees, but little is known of their ecology.
2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 3 Apr. 3 Book lice, known to scientists as psocoptera, are not related in any way to conventional lice.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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