Xenopsylla

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Translingual[edit]

Xenopsylla cheopis

Etymology[edit]

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, foreign, alien, strange) +‎ ψύλλα (psúlla, flea).

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Xenopsylla f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pulicidae – fleas including several (as the oriental rat flea) that are important as vectors of plague.

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