Mallophaga n. pl. : An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.

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Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
Mallophaga. Chewing lice (Mallophaga) have nearly 3000 species and represent the larger of the two traditional suborders ... Recent classifications suggest that this group is paraphyletic and divide the Mallophaga into three separate suborders: Amblycera. Ischnocera. Rhyncophthirina ...