Aphaniptera: indistinctly winged; see Siphonaptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Commonly called "snow fleas," and wrongly associated with dog fleas, these acrobatic little critters are actually not fleas (order Siphonaptera) at all. From Wordnik.com. [Adirondack Daily Enterprise] Reference
Human Flea - Fleas belong to the insect order Siphonaptera and parasitize mammals and birds for their blood, using specialized anatomical structures to attach to the hosts 'skin. From Wordnik.com. Reference
(Siphonaptera). From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Siphonaptera, 52. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Siphonaptera ( "wingless siphon"). From Wordnik.com. Reference
Over the next thirty years Dame Miriam collaborated on a six-volume series cataloging her father’s collection of fleas — the largest such collection in existence: An illustrated catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (co-authored with G.H.E. Hopkins, Robert Traub and John F. Hadlow; Vol. I 1953, Vol. II 1956, Vol. III 1962, Vol. IV 1966, Vol. V 1971, Vol. VI 1983). From Wordnik.com. [Rothschild, Dame Miriam.] Reference
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