pulex irritans

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   the most common flea attacking humans

   Broaderflea

   Part ofPulex

Questions about pulex irritans

What does pulex irritans mean?

pulex irritans means "the most common flea attacking humans".

Is pulex irritans a common word?

pulex irritans is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.