sticktight

Noun sticktight has 2 senses

• sticktight(n = noun.plant) beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing;
is a member of bidens, genus bidens
has particulars: bidens bipinnata, spanish needles, bidens coronata, bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower, bidens tripartita, european beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold, bidens connata, swampy beggar-ticks
has parts: beggar-ticks, spanish needles
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex

• sticktight(n = noun.animal) echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea - parasitic on especially the heads of chickens;
is a kind of flea
is a member of echidnophaga, genus echidnophaga