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Menopon (medicine) and rafflesia (iou)


Menopon (medicine)


Menopon


A genus of biting lice (family Menoponidae, order Mallophaga) found on birds; it includes important pests that infect domestic fowl, such as Menopon gallinae (Menopon pallidum), the shaft louse of poultry, a light yellow louse about 1.7 to 2.0 mm long, found on barnyard fowl, ducks, and pigeons.


rafflesia (iou)



rafflesia noun. E19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Sir T. Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), Brit. governor of Sumatra + -IA1.]
Any of various stemless leafless parasitic plants constituting the genus Rafflesia (family Rafflesiaceae), native to Java and Sumatra; esp. R. arnoldii, with flowers over 60 cm (two feet) across.