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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: fleaMain Entry: flea Pronunciation: \ˈflē\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English fle, from Old English flēa; akin to Old High German flōh flea Date: before 12th century : any of an order (Siphonaptera) of small wingless bloodsucking insects that have a hard laterally compressed body and legs adapted to leaping and that feed on warm-blooded animals — flea in one's ear : rebuke <sent him away with a flea in his ear> 
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