pulex

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Pulex
    n 1: type genus of the Pulicidae [syn: {Pulex}, {genus Pulex}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pulex \Pu"lex\, n. [L., a flea.] (Zool.)
   A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See {Flea}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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