a. Zool. [f. mod.L. anoplūra (f. Gr. ἄνοπλ-ος unarmed + οὐρά tail) + -(I)FORM.] Of the form of the Anoplura (wingless insects having no tail appendage, lice); louse-like.
1816. Kirby & Spence, Entom. (1828), III. xxix. 166. This animal in its general structure is anopluriform.