Corrodentia

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An old group of small insects like booklice and bark-lice

noun
/kəˈrɒdɛnʃə/

Archaic

: Corrodentia

Although Corrodentia is now considered obsolete, it once grouped together booklice and bark-lice.

Examples

The Corrodentia order includes various species of booklice.
Recent taxonomic revisions have redistributed members previously assigned to Corrodentia into other insect orders.
The entomologist specialized in the study of Corrodentia and their evolutionary history.
Many researchers study Corrodentia for their ecological roles.
The order Corrodentia consists mainly of booklice and bark-lice, which are of interest to entomologists.
In the past, insects classified under Corrodentia were an important part of taxonomic studies.
As part of her research, the scientist examined the Corrodentia to better understand their relationships with other insect orders.

Synonyms

Psocoptera

vsCorrodentia

Specialized

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A group of small insects like booklice that have soft bodies and use their mouths to chew

is an older term used before the accepted modern classification

order Corrodentia

vsCorrodentia

Archaic

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A former group of small insects like booklice and barklice now placed in Psocoptera

is the historic term that does not state the current classification

Compounds

order Corrodentia

Archaic

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A former group of small insects like booklice and barklice now placed in Psocoptera

Surface Forms

Corrodentia singular

Corrodentias plural

Etymology

Corrodentia comes from the Latin root corrodere, which means 'to gnaw', the same idea behind the English word corrode. It was used for a group of small insects, like booklice and bark-lice, that 'gnaw' at books or bark, so the name matches what they do.