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pso·cid  (ssd, ssd)

n.

Any of various small, soft-bodied, sometimes winged insects of the order Psocoptera, which includes the booklice.

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[From New Latin Pscidae, family name, from Pscus, type genus, from Greek pskhos, dust.]

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psocid - small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter psocopterous insect - small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs family Psocidae, Psocidae - a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice bark louse, bark-louse - any of several insects living on the bark of plants