anoplura

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Anoplura
    n 1: sucking lice [syn: {Anoplura}, {order Anoplura}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Anoplura \An`o*plu"ra\ ([a^]n`[-o]*pl[=u]"r[.a]), n. pl. [NL.,
   fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`plon weapon, sting + o'yra` tail.]
   (Zool.)
   A group of insects which includes the lice.
   [1913 Webster] anopsia
   anopia
    

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