Xenopsylla

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Translingual

Xenopsylla cheopis

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, alien, strange”) +‎ ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”).

Proper noun

Xenopsylla f

A taxonomic genus within the family Pulicidae – fleas including several (as the oriental rat flea) that are important as vectors of plague.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder; Pulicoidea - superfamily; Pulicidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Xenopsylla cheopis - species

References

Xenopsylla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xenopsylla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xenopsylla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Xenopsylla at the Catalogue of Life

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