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Echidnophaga

noun

a genus of Siphonaptera

• Syn: ↑genus Echidnophaga

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Siphonaptera, ↑order Siphonaptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑sticktight, ↑sticktight flea, ↑Echidnophaga gallinacea

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\\ˌēˌkidˈnäfəgə, ˌeˌ-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from echidno- (from Greek, from echidna) + -phaga (feminine of -phagus -phagous, from Greek -phagos)

: a genus comprising fowl fleas (as the sticktight flea) of which the female remains attached to the host

Useful english dictionary. 2012.