bark-lice

bark·louse

[bahrk-lous]
noun, plural bark·lice [bahrk-lahys] .
any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
Also, bark louse.
Compare psocid.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; bark2 + louse

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