flea
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flea
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking parasitic insects that prey on mammals and birds
Not to be confused with:
flee – vanish; evade, escape, avoid, shun, elude; to run away from: If they are not watched carefully they will flee.
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flea
(flē)n.
Idiom: 1. Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera that are parasitic on mammals and birds and can jump long distances.
2. Any of various small crustaceans that resemble or move like fleas, such as the water flea.
a flea in (one's) ear
An annoying hint or a stinging rebuke.
[Middle English fle, from Old English flēah.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
flea
(fliː)n
1. (Animals) any small wingless parasitic blood-sucking insect of the order Siphonaptera, living on the skin of mammals and birds and noted for its power of leaping
2. (Animals) any of various invertebrates that resemble fleas, such as the water flea and flea beetle
3. flea in one's ear informal a sharp rebuke
[Old English flēah; related to Old Norse flō, Old High German flōh]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
flea
(fli)n.
1. any small, flattened, wingless, bloodsucking insect of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for its ability to leap.
2. any of various small beetles and crustaceans that leap like a flea, as the beach flea.
Idioms: flea in one's ear,
a. a rebuke.
b. a broad hint.
[before 900; Middle English fle, Old English flēah, flēa]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
flea
(flē)1. Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects that have legs adapted for jumping and live as parasites on warm-blooded animals.
2. Any of various small crustaceans, such as the water flea, that resemble or move like fleas.
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Noun | 1. | flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap insect - small air-breathing arthropod order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera - fleas Pulex irritans - the most common flea attacking humans Ctenocephalides canis, dog flea - flea that attacks dogs and cats cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis - flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans - small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea, sticktight - parasitic on especially the heads of chickens |
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Translations
بُرْغوثبُرْغُوث
бълха
blecha
loppe
pulo
kirp
kirppu
buha
bolha
kutu
fló
蚤ノミ
벼룩
pulex
blusasendaikčių turgus
blusa
purice
blcha
bolha
buhabuva
loppa
หมัด
блоха
con bọ chétcon rận
flea
[fliː]B. CPD flea collar N → collar m antipulgas or antiparasitario
flea market N → mercadillo m, rastro m (Sp)
flea market N → mercadillo m, rastro m (Sp)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
flea
[ˈfliː] n → puce fflea collar n → collier m antipucesflea market n → marché m aux pucesflea powder n → poudre f antipucesCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flea
n → Floh m; to send somebody off with a flea in his/her ear (inf) → jdn wie einen begossenen Pudel abziehen lassen (inf)
flea
:fleabite
flea-bitten
adj → voller Flohbisse; (inf) → vergammelt (inf)
flea circus
n → Flohzirkus m
flea collar
n → Flohhalsband nt
flea market
n → Flohmarkt m
fleapit
n (Brit inf) → Flohkino nt (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flea
(fliː) noun a type of small blood-sucking insect that jumps instead of flying and lives on the bodies of animals or people.
ˈflea market noun an open-air market that sells cheap, old or used articles.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
flea
→ بُرْغُوث blecha loppe Floh ψύλλος pulga kirppu puce buha pulce 蚤 벼룩 vlo loppe pchła pulga блоха loppa หมัด pire con rận 跳蚤Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
flea
n. pulga, insecto chupador de sangre;
___ bite → picadura de ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
flea
n pulgaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.