Translingual

Ctenocephalides canis (dog flea)
(infraorder Pulicomorpha) of the Siphonaptera

Proper noun

Siphonaptera

1. A taxonomic order within the subdivision Endopterygota – the fleas.

Synonyms

• (order): Aphaniptera

Hypernyms

• (order): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade

Hyponyms

• (order): Ceratophyllomorpha, Hystrichopsyllomorpha, Pulicomorpha, Pygiopsyllomorpha (infraorders)