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siphonapteran

siphonapteran adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the order Siphonaptera of fleas.

siphonapteran: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the order Siphonaptera of fleas
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Adjective

siphonapteran (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the order Siphonaptera of fleas.

Noun

siphonapteran (plural siphonapterans)

  1. Any species of the order Siphonaptera, a flea.
    • Absence of peripheral singlets, though with varying numbers of central singlets, is seen not only in mecopterans and siphonapterans but also in mycetophilid dipterans, and trichopterans.1987, Barrie Gillean Molyneux Jamieson, The Ultrastructure and Phylogeny of Insect Spermatozoa, page 206
    • Members of the genus Blastocrithidia are common pathogens of dipterans, hemipterans, and siphonapterans.1998, Drion G. Boucias, Jacquelyn C. Pendland, Principles of Insect Pathology, page 396

Forms of siphonapteran

pluralsiphonapterans

Origin of siphonapteran

Siphonaptera + -an

Questions about siphonapteran

What does siphonapteran mean?
Siphonapteran means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the order Siphonaptera of fleas.
What part of speech is siphonapteran?
Siphonapteran can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near siphonapteran in the dictionary

  1. siphonage
  2. siphonages
  3. siphonal
  4. siphonalean
  5. siphonaleans
  6. siphonapteran
  7. siphonapterans
  8. siphonapterology
  9. siphonarian
  10. siphonarians
  11. siphonariid

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