| flea | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. flea | any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap. |
| ~ ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon | any external parasitic organism (as fleas). |
| ~ 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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