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English noun: sticktight

1. sticktight (plant) any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing


Synonymsbeggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold


Broader (hypernym)subshrub, suffrutex


Narrower (hyponym)Bidens bipinnata, Bidens connata, Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, Bidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, Spanish needles, swampy beggar-ticks, tickseed sunflower, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold


Part holonymbeggar-ticks, Spanish needles


Member meronymBidens, genus Bidens

2. sticktight (animal) parasitic on especially the heads of chickens


SynonymsEchidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea


Broader (hypernym)flea


Member meronymEchidnophaga, genus Echidnophaga









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