English Dictionary

bark louse

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) Any insect of the family Coccidae, that infest the bark of trees and vines. / Any insect of the order Psocoptera, that live on or near trees and feed on algae and lichen.

日本語の意味

（古語）木やつるの樹皮に寄生する、Coccidae科に属する昆虫。 / （古語）木の近くに生息し、藻類や地衣類を摂食する、Psocoptera目に属する昆虫。

The naturalist carefully examined a bark louse under his lens, noting its resemblance to other scale insects that infest tree bark.

博物学者はレンズでカイガラムシを注意深く観察し、樹皮に寄生する他のカイガラムシとよく似ていることに気づいた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Any insect of the family Coccidae, that infest the bark of trees and vines.

Housed plants are considerably injured by an oval bark-louse, the Coccus Hesperidum of Linnæus, which has been introduced from abroad.

意味（2）

Any insect of the order Psocoptera, that live on or near trees and feed on algae and lichen.

Another group of insects that tend to be very secretive in their habits and were very well represented in the ancient forest are the bark lice, or psocids.⁶⁸ Bark lice (90) are usually solitary, but sometimes the adults and nymphs live together under webs spun out of silk emitted from head glands. They are found not only in litter but, as their name implies, on and under bark.

bark lice （ plural ）