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flea

9 entries found.


Main Entry:
flea 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 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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