Flea

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  • noun. Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera that are parasitic on mammals and birds and can jump long distances.
  • noun. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An insect of the genus Pulex, regarded by entomologists as representing a distinct order Aphaniptera, so called because the wings are inconspicuous scales.
  • noun. plural The family Pulicidæ, or order Aphaniptera. See these words.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Any amphipod crustacean which jumps like a flea; a sandhopper; a scud. See beach-flea.
  • To clear of fleas.
  • An obsolete form of flay.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To flay.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. etc. See under Beach, etc.
  • noun. undefined
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
  • noun. A thing of no significance.
  • verb. Obsolete spelling of flay.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
    • Word Usage
    "They ridiculed them for pursuing what they called a flea circus."
    cross-reference
    a flea in one's ear  cat and dog flea  
    Equivalent
    black flea  
    Form
    sand flea  sand fly  sandfly  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ectoparasite  ectozoan  ectozoon  epizoan  epizoon  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    cat flea  chigger  chigoe  chigoe flea  ctenocephalides canis  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ab  Ac  Ag  Agee  Aimee  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ant  beetle  bug  cockroach  frog  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    broad jumper  bucking bronco  buckjumper  cat flea  chigoe  
    variant
    aphaniptera  dog flea  
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