SIPHONAPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Siphonaptera mean? 

• SIPHONAPTERA (noun)
  The noun SIPHONAPTERA has 1 sense:

1. fleas

  Familiarity information: SIPHONAPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIPHONAPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fleas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera

Hypernyms ("Siphonaptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Siphonaptera"):

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

family Pulicidae; Pulicidae (many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals)

genus Tunga; Tunga; Echidnophaga; genus Echidnophaga (a genus of Siphonaptera)

Holonyms ("Siphonaptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

 Context examples 

Three orders, HEMIPTERA, DIPTERA, and Siphonaptera, are of medical interest in that they cause disease in man and animal.

(Insect, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)