单词 | plague flea |
释义 | > as lemmasplague flea plague flea n. any of various rodent fleas which transmit the plague bacterium; esp. the rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [noun] > member of (flea) > that transmits plague bacillus plague flea1907 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [noun] > family Ceratophyllidae > member of (rat flea) rat flea1872 plague flea1907 1907 Lancet 12 Jan. 108/1 (heading) The plague flea and its destruction. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 11 Jan. 2/1 Is it generally known that the plague-flea lives on the small brown rat? 1936 Discovery Feb. 41/1 The plague flea..still persists at most of our ports on the black or ship-rat. 1990 Med. & Vet. Entomol. 4 95/1 This alarming situation raises the need for alternative insecticides, e.g. carbamates..or pyrethroids and other control methods..for use against plague fleas and their commensal rodent hosts in India. < as lemmas |
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