flea
English Thesaurus
1. any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon, |
| definition | : | any external parasitic organism (as fleas) (noun.animal) |
| hypernym | : | insect, |
| definition | : | small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pulex irritans, |
| definition | : | the most common flea attacking humans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ctenocephalides canis, dog flea, |
| definition | : | flea that attacks dogs and cats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cat flea, ctenocephalides felis, |
| definition | : | flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea, tunga penetrans, |
| definition | : | small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight, sticktight flea, |
| definition | : | parasitic on especially the heads of chickens (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | order siphonaptera, siphonaptera, |
| definition | : | fleas (noun.animal) |
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