Found 2 items, similar to bird louse.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bird louse bird louse n : wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds [syn: biting louse, louse]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bird louse Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.] 1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). [1913 Webster] That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. --Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20). [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves. [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden. [1913 Webster] And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell. [1913 Webster] Arabian bird, the phenix. Bird of Jove, the eagle. Bird of Juno, the peacock. Bird louse (Zo["o]l.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zo["o]l.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. Bird of passage, a migratory bird. Bird spider (Zo["o]l.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. Bird tick (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged. [1913 Webster]