chicken louse

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 Menopon gallinae, Menopon palladum, shaft lousebird louse, biting louse, louse - wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birdsgenus Menopon, Menopon - chicken lice