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PULEX IRRITANS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most common flea attacking humans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pulex irritans" is a kind of...):
flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)
Holonyms ("Pulex irritans" is a member of...):
genus Pulex; Pulex (type genus of the Pulicidae)