Definition of Pulicidae

1. Noun. Many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals.

Exact synonyms: Family Pulicidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera
Member holonyms: Genus Pulex, Pulex, Ctenocephalides, Genus Ctenocephalides

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulicidae

Puffinus puffinus
Puget Sound
Pugh
Pughe
Pugin
Puginesque
Puglia
Pujunan
Puka Inti
Pula
Pulex
Pulex irritans
Puli
Pulicaria
Pulicaria dysenterica
Pulicidae
Pulik
Pulinda
Pulindas
Pulitzer
Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prizes
Pulitzers
Pullman
Pullman car
Pullman porter
Pullmans
Pulmonata
Pulsatilla
Pulsatilla occidentalis

Literary usage of Pulicidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anglistische Forschungen (1906)
"Sichere Verwandtschaft in den ändern germ. Dialekten oder sonst ist nicht nachweisbar. Der Name besteht auch im Me. und Ne. nicht fort. 5. Flöhe, pulicidae. ..."

2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"pulicidae, 4053. Sciara, 3709. ... Asilidae, 3158, 3420. Simulium, 4133. pulicidae, 3293, 3778. ..."

3. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"Whereas all of the pulicidae lay their eggs singly, or in small groups, and development of the embryos occurs after the eggs are deposited, in some of the ..."

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