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n. Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera that have legs adapted for jumping and are parasitic on warm-blooded animals.

n. Any of various small crustaceans that resemble or move like fleas, such as the water flea.

idiom. a flea in (one's) ear An annoying hint or a stinging rebuke.

n. A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.

n. A thing of no significance.

v. Obsolete spelling of flay.

v. To flay.

n. 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 (Ctenocephalides canis, formerly Pulex canis) and the smaller cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) take its place. See aphaniptera, and dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.

n. An insect of the genus Pulex, regarded by entomologists as representing a distinct order Aphaniptera, so called because the wings are inconspicuous scales.

n. plural The family Pulicidæ, or order Aphaniptera. See these words.

n. A flea-beetle; a saltatorial beetle of the genus Haltica, as H. nemorum, which injures the turnip, and is also called turnip-flea and turnip-fly.

n. Any amphipod crustacean which jumps like a flea; a sandhopper; a scud. See beach-flea.

To clear of fleas.

An obsolete form of flay.

n. any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

"They ridiculed them for pursuing what they called a flea circus."

black flea   

epizoan    ectozoan    epizoon    insect    ectoparasite    ectozoon   

cat and dog flea    a flea in one's ear   

aphaniptera    dog flea   

dog flea    tunga penetrans    chigger    ctenocephalides felis    cat flea    chigoe    ctenocephalides canis    echidnophaga gallinacea    chigoe flea    stick-tight   

sandfly    sand fly    sand flea   

flay    pulicine   

Ab    Ac    Ag    Agee    Aimee    Albee    Amputee    B    B.    Be   

louse    cockroach    grasshopper    vermin    mosquito    beetle    ant    mite    pest    locust