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Webster 1913 Edition

Anoplura

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Anˊo-plu′ra

(ănˊō̍-plū′rȧ)

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἀν

priv. +

ὄπλον

weapon, sting +

οὐρά

tail.]

(Zool.)

A group of insects which includes the lice.