| 单词 | stickfast flea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstickfast flea stickfast flea n. originally Australian a flea of the genus Echidnophaga (family Pulicidae), which when feeding attaches itself firmly to a host by burrowing its head deep below the skin, typically remaining in place for a prolonged period of time.Infestation by stickfast fleas is a particular problem in the rearing and keeping of poultry.Also called hen flea, sticktight flea. ΚΠ 1912 P. T. Woods Open-air Poultry Houses for all Climates viii. 75 In the south where the soil is rather sandy, the stick-fast flea is a most pestiferous insect and annoys man and fowl alike. 1954 Jrnl. Hygiene 52 47 The rabbits were infested with the stickfast flea (Echidnophaga myrmecobii Rothsch.) which they had shown was able to transmit the disease. 2012 N. Murtagh Backyard Duck Bk. (rev. ed.) x. 111 The complete life cycle of the stickfast flea is about 4 weeks. stickfast flea a. That remains fixed in a particular place or position; that clings or holds fast. Now rare except in stickfast flea (see stickfast flea n. at Compounds). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [adjective] retrograde?1518 hidebound1603 tradition-bound1660 tradition-loving1660 tradition-ridden1660 mumpsimus1680 stickfast1803 arriéré1814 stick-in-the-mud1832 reactive1836 reactionary1847 reactionist1848 misoneistic1891 red-necked1896 Blimpian1935 blimpish1938 redneck1938 1803 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 106 Those tracts of moss, which are so incumbered with stickfast rocks and stones, as to be incapable of cultivation. 1968 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Jrnl. 1 Aug. 16/3 The stickfast crustacean has been roundly cursed in the language of every nation that ever launched a ship. < as lemmas |
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