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Definition of Pulex irritans
1. Noun. The most common flea attacking humans.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulex Irritans
Literary usage of Pulex irritans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1900)
"pulex irritans (Common Flea).—This "ubiquitous" parasite is from 2 to 4 mm.
(fV—-J- 'n-) 'n length, black or (when filled with blood) brownish-red in color, ..."
2. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1917)
"pulex irritans (Common Flea).—This "ubiquitous" parasite is from 2 to 4 mm.
(-j-'jj inch) in length, black or (when filled with blood) brownish-red in color ..."
3. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1915)
"pulex irritans (Common Flea).—This " ubiquitous " parasite is from 2 to 4 mm.
(^--J- in.) in length, black or (when filled with blood) brownish-red in color ..."
4. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1907)
"M. pulex irritans (Common Flea).—This " ubiquitous" parasite is from 2 to 4 mm.
(fa—\ in.) in length, black or (when filled with blood) brownish-red in ..."
5. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1911)
"M. pulex irritans (Common Flea).—This "ubiquitous" parasite is from 2 to 4 mm.
(^"i ÍD-) >n length» black or (when filled with blood) brownish-red in color, ..."
6. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"(1) pulex irritans (Common Flea). The male is from 2 to 2.5 mm. in length, the
female as much as 4 mm. It is a red or brownish-red insect, ..."
7. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"pulex irritans, L., 1758. Male 2 to 2-5 mm. in length, females about 4 mm.; reddish
or dark brown ; head without bristles; thoracic and abdominal rings of ..."
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