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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