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Booklouse

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
  2. 2
    minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers wordnet

Etymology

From book + louse. So called because they feed on bookbinding glue.

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