sticktight

Thân thiện

A small sticktight clings to the feathers of a brown hen.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A parasitic insect: A small, flat, wingless insect (Echidnophaga gallinacea) that is parasitic, especially on the heads of chickens and other birds.
   • A type of plant: Any of several plants of the genus Bidens, characterized by yellow flowers and prickly fruits (burs) that cling to fur, clothing, or animal hair.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Insect):

  • The farmer treated the chickens for sticktight fleas.
  • Sticktights can cause irritation and anemia in poultry.

• Noun (Plant):

  • We had to pick sticktights off our socks after the hike.
  • The meadow was full of yellow-flowered sticktight.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in a compound form ("sticktight flea") when referring to the insect, to distinguish it clearly from the plant.
• In botanical contexts, "sticktight" is a common name for plants also known as "bur marigolds" or "beggar-ticks."

Variants and Related Words

• Sticktight flea (n): The specific parasitic insect.
• Bur marigold (n): Another common name for the plant.
• Beggar-ticks (n): Another common name for the plant, referring to its clinging seeds.

Synonyms

• For the insect: Chicken flea, parasitic flea.
• For the plant: Bur marigold, beggar-ticks, Spanish needles.

Related Phrases

• "Cling like a sticktight": An informal phrase describing something that adheres tenaciously.
  • The mud clung to his boots like a sticktight.

Học thuật

Noun

1. parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
2. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sticktight flea
• Echidnophaga gallinacea
• bur marigold
• burr marigold
• beggar-ticks
• beggar's-ticks