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Phthiraptera

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Translingual

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Pediculus humanus capitis (human head louse; suborder Anoplura)

Etymology

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

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Phthiraptera

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

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