| 单词 | sticktight flea | 
| 释义 | > as lemmassticktight flea   sticktight  n. chiefly North American 		 (a) a plant of the genus  Bidens (family  Asteraceae), esp.  B. frondosa, having dry, barbed fruits with sharp pappi at one end which easily adhere to fur, clothing, etc.; (also) a barbed fruit of such a plant; cf. beggar-tick n. at beggar n. Compounds 2;		 (b) (in full  sticktight flea) a flea,  Echidnophaga gallinacea (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; also called hen flea.Infestation by sticktight fleas is a particular problem in the rearing and keeping of poultry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > 			[noun]		 > beggar-tick sticktight1841 beggar-tick1854 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > 			[noun]		 > echidnophaga gallinicea (sticktight) sticktight1841 1841    J. Torrey  & A. Gray Flora N. Amer. II. 351  				Stick-tight. Burr-Marigold. 1884    W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 11  				Beggar Ticks, or Stick-tight, Bidens frondosa. 1908    A. Basley Mrs. Basley's Poultry Bk. 134/2  				You have the stick tight fleas in your hennery. They are very hard to get rid of, being in some places a perfect pest. 1955    W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston  ii. 77  				These sticktights abound in neglected..chicken houses. 1999    S. T. Runkel  & D. M. Roosa Wildflowers Iowa Wetlands 235/2  				While the seeds of stick-tight are occasionally eaten by wood duck, pheasant, quail, and a few species of songbirds, it is of minor value as a wildlife food. 2004    E. Reid D.B. xiii. 348  				His clothes picked up sticktights and burrs. < as lemmas  | 
	
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