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PULICIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pulicidae mean?
• PULICIDAE (noun)
The noun PULICIDAE has 1 sense:
1. many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
Familiarity information: PULICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pulicidae; Pulicidae
Hypernyms ("Pulicidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Pulicidae"):
genus Pulex; Pulex (type genus of the Pulicidae)
Ctenocephalides; genus Ctenocephalides (an arthropod genus of fleas)
Holonyms ("Pulicidae" is a member of...):
order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera (fleas)
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