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.

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  • noun type genus of the Pulicidae

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Examples

  • 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.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • 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

  • The water flea Daphnia pulex monitors chemical traces of predators as it develops.

    The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics Griffiths, Paul 2009

  • 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.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • The waterflea Daphnia pulex, common to eutrophic, or nutrient-rich, freshwater systems.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • French, literally, flea, from Old French pulce, from Latin pulic-, pulex — more at psylla

    The Great Puce Debate Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008

  • A single American lineage of D. pulex replaced a diverse assemblage of genotypes in Africa.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • French, literally, flea, from Old French pulce, from Latin pulic-, pulex — more at psylla

    Archive 2008-06-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008

  • 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

  • Such small creatures as _Daphnia pulex_, _Cyclops quadricornis_ and

    Amateur Fish Culture Charles Edward Walker

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