Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A notable genus of insects, typical of the Pulicidæ, or flea family.
- noun [lowercase] A flea, or some similar creature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See
flea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Pulicidae
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Examples
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250 The idea would readily occur in Egypt where the pulex is still a plague although the Sultan is said to hold his court at Tiberias.
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Mesocosm studies by Beisner et al. [34], which investigated the influence of increasing temperature and food chain length on plankton predator – prey dynamics, showed that the predator – prey system is destabilized at higher temperatures (i.e., the macrozooplankton herbivore Daphnia pulex always became extinct), irrespective of the complexity of the food web (i.e., whether a two - or three-level food web was involved).
Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic 2009
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The water flea Daphnia pulex monitors chemical traces of predators as it develops.
The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics Griffiths, Paul 2009
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In 75 years, this new lineage has become dominant despite the presence of resting native egg banks and competition from native D. pulex and ten additional daphnid species.
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The waterflea Daphnia pulex, common to eutrophic, or nutrient-rich, freshwater systems.
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French, literally, flea, from Old French pulce, from Latin pulic-, pulex — more at psylla
The Great Puce Debate Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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A single American lineage of D. pulex replaced a diverse assemblage of genotypes in Africa.
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French, literally, flea, from Old French pulce, from Latin pulic-, pulex — more at psylla
Archive 2008-06-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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And, if the establishment be simple, it is also neat and clean: we never suffered from the cimex and pulex of which
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Such small creatures as _Daphnia pulex_, _Cyclops quadricornis_ and
Amateur Fish Culture Charles Edward Walker
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