Siphonaptera

Translingual
Ctenocephalides canis (dog flea)
(infraorder Pulicomorpha) of the Siphonaptera

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”) and ἄπτερος (ápteros, “wingless”).

Proper noun

Siphonaptera

  1. A taxonomic order within the subdivision Endopterygota – the fleas.

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