About The Word Flea
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Flea
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What's The Definition Of Flea?
[n] any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
Synonyms | Synonyms for Flea: Related Terms | Find terms related to Flea: broad jumper | bucking bronco | buckjumper | cat flea | chigoe | cockroach | crab | dog flea | frog | gazelle | goat | grasshopper | grayback | high jumper | hopper | hurdle racer | hurdler | jackrabbit | jigger | jumper | jumping bean | jumping jack | kangaroo | leaper | louse | mite | nit | parasite | pole vaulter | red bug | roach | salmon | sand flea | stag | sunfisher | timber topper | vaulter | vermin | weevil See Also | cat flea | chigger | chigoe | chigoe flea | Ctenocephalides canis | Ctenocephalides felis | dog flea | Echidnophaga gallinacea | ectoparasite | ectozoa | ectozoon | epizoa | epizoon | insect | order Siphonaptera | Pulex irritans | Siphonaptera | sticktight | sticktight flea | Tunga penetrans Flea In Webster's Dictionary \Flea\, v. t. [See {Flay}.]
To flay. [Obs.]
He will be fleaced first And horse collars made of's
skin. --J. Fletcher.
\Flea\, n. [OE. fle, flee, AS. fle['a], fle['a]h; akin to D. ?, OHG. fl?h, G. floh, Icel. fl?, Russ. blocha; prob. from the root of E. flee. ? 84. See {Flee}.] (Zo["o]l.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea ({Pulex irritans}), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea ({P. canis}) takes its place. See {Aphaniptera}, and {Dog flea}. See Illustration in Appendix. {A flea in the ear}, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply, annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear. {Beach flea}, {Black flea}, etc. See under {Beach}, etc. |
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