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ECHIDNOPHAGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Echidnophaga mean?
• ECHIDNOPHAGA (noun)
The noun ECHIDNOPHAGA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Siphonaptera
Familiarity information: ECHIDNOPHAGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Siphonaptera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Echidnophaga; genus Echidnophaga
Hypernyms ("Echidnophaga" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Echidnophaga"):
Echidnophaga gallinacea; sticktight; sticktight flea (parasitic on especially the heads of chickens)
Holonyms ("Echidnophaga" is a member of...):
order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera (fleas)
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