Meaning of human flea | Babel Free
Definitions
A species of flea, Pulex irritans, with a variety of hosts, that is relatively prevalent among humans.
Equivalents
Suomi
ihmiskirppu
Examples
“1915, F. C. Bishopp, Fleas as Pests to Man and Animals, with Suggestions for Their Control⟳, US Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 683, page 2, The human flea normally attacks man, but may be found on a number⟳ of other animals.”
“Furthermore it is important to state that the role of the human flea^([as a plague vector]) was always thought to be of secondary importance compared to that of the rat flea.”
“Very high population concentrations of human fleas could conceivably lead⟳ to plague transmission even if the individual human flea is an inefficient vector (Hirst, Conquest of Plague, 186-87).”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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