FAMILY PULICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pulicidae mean? 

• FAMILY PULICIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY PULICIDAE has 1 sense:

1. many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals

  Familiarity information: FAMILY PULICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PULICIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pulicidae; Pulicidae

Hypernyms ("family Pulicidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Pulicidae"):

genus Pulex; Pulex (type genus of the Pulicidae)

Ctenocephalides; genus Ctenocephalides (an arthropod genus of fleas)

Holonyms ("family Pulicidae" is a member of...):

order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera (fleas)