Xenopsylla

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Translingual

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Xenopsylla cheopis

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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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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