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psocid (iou)



psocid noun. L19.
[mod. Latin Psocidae family name, from Psocus genus name, from Greek psokhein grind: see -ID3.]
Entomology. Any small insect with long antennae, of the order Psocoptera, which feeds on fragments of vegetable or animal matter in bark, straw, soil, among books and papers, etc.