PULEX IRRITANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pulex irritans mean? 

• PULEX IRRITANS (noun)
  The noun PULEX IRRITANS has 1 sense:

1. the most common flea attacking humans

  Familiarity information: PULEX IRRITANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULEX IRRITANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most common flea attacking humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)