flea
A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
A kind of
- insect
Kinds of flea
- dog flea
- cat flea
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "flēah".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “flea” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.