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Definition of Sticktight flea
1. Noun. Parasitic on especially the heads of chickens.
Generic synonyms: Flea
Group relationships: Echidnophaga, Genus Echidnophaga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticktight Flea
Literary usage of Sticktight flea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1918)
"... every two or three days with vaseline to which has been added a few drops of
lysol or cresol soap (15 drops to 85 oz. of vaseline). sticktight flea. ..."
2. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1918)
"... every two or three days with vaseline to which has been added a few drops of
lysol or cresol soap (15 drops to 85 oz. of vaseline). sticktight flea. ..."
3. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"They have been shown capable of transmitting plague, and both feed readily on
man and will feed on rats. The sticktight flea ..."
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