ORDER SIPHONAPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Siphonaptera mean? 

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

1. fleas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER SIPHONAPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fleas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order Siphonaptera" is a member of...):

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