Flea Definition

flē
fleas
noun
Any of an order (Siphonaptera) of small, flattened, wingless insects with large legs adapted for jumping: as adults they are bloodsucking parasites on mammals and birds.
Webster's New World

Flea beetle.

Webster's New World
A thing of no significance.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb

Obsolete spelling of flay.

Wiktionary
idiom
a flea in (one's) ear
  • An annoying hint or a stinging rebuke.
American Heritage
flea in one's ear
  • a stinging rebuke or rebuff, or an annoying hint
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Flea

Noun

Singular:
flea
Plural:
fleas

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flea

Origin of Flea

  • From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (cf. West Frisian flie, Dutch vlo, German Floh), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English fle from Old English flēah

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alternative forms.

    From Wiktionary

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Flea Sentence Examples

  • They have a big car flea market over there.

  • Cregan was lucky he was n't swotted like the pesky little flea he transparently is!

  • The flea injects saliva containing antigens to stop the host 's blood clotting.

  • Guinea-pigs set free in plague-infected houses become infected with the rat flea and develop plague in a certain percentage.

  • There are just no shortcuts to preventing flea and tick infestation.

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Words Starting With

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