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Value kutu
Language:
Malay
Parameter:
generic for parasitic biting insects in contrast to non-biting parasitic insects; these include the common flea, the bedbug, cattle ticks, the rice bug, the louse that worries fowls, and the insects infesting the bilges of neglected boats; (fig.) hanger-on, human parasite [4911a43adbbf55d29c049dd826fc5e95]
References
Wilkinson 1959
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