Pulicomorpha

Translingual

Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)
(superfamily Pulicoidea)

Etymology

New Latin stem pulic- of pulex (“flea”) +‎ -morpha

Proper noun

Pulicomorpha

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Siphonaptera – many fleas.

Hypernyms

(infraorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Siphonaptera - order

Hyponyms

(infraorder): Ancistropsylloidea, Coptopsylloidea, Malacopsylloidea, Pulicoidea, Vermipsylloidea (superfamilies)

References

Pulicomorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pulicomorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pulicomorpha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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