Home › Words › A › anoplurananoplurananopluran · noun — any louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyAnoplura + -nnounAny louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse.e.g.“Unlike the masticating mallophagans, anoplurans have mouthparts modified for piercing epidermal tissues and sucking up blood.” — 1993, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers, page 226:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.amblyceran 71% match — Any louse of the suborder Amblycera vs anopluran →mallophagan 70% match — A chewing louse, any louse of the now obsolete suborder Mallophaga, any true louse that is not a sucking louse. vs anopluran →hoplopleurid 69% match — Any louse in the family Hoplopleuridae. vs anopluran →phthirapteran 66% match — Any member of the order Phthiraptera of lice. vs anopluran →echinophthiriid 66% match — Any louse in the family Echinophthiriidae. vs anopluran →linognathid 65% match — Any louse in the family Linognathidae. vs anopluran →polyplacid 65% match — Any louse in the family Polyplacidae. vs anopluran →branchiuran 64% match — Any fish louse of the subclass Branchiura vs anopluran →