Pulex

·noun A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. ·see Flea.

pulex
pūlex, ĭcis, m. I A flea , Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 155; 22, 20, 23, § 49; 30, 10, 25, § 85; cf. id. ...

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