flea

تعريف flea في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities; A thing of no significance; Obsolete spelling of flay
In this Thwackum had the advantage; for while Square could only scarify the poor lad's reputation, he could flea his skin .; {v} to clean from fleas; {n} a troublesome insect; To flay; See Illustration in Appendix; The bite is poisonous to most persons; An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera; canis takes its place; any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap; A flea is a very small jumping insect that has no wings and feeds on the blood of humans or animals. Any member of 1,600 species and subspecies of small, wingless, bloodsucking (parasitic) insects (order Siphonaptera), found from the Arctic Circle to the Arabian deserts. Specialized anatomical structures allow the flea to attach itself to the skin of mammals or birds and consume their blood. Though domestic cats and dogs are well-known hosts, rodents are the mammals most commonly afflicted by fleas. The adult flea is 0.04-0.4 in. (1-10 mm) long and lives from a few weeks to more than a year. Powerful leg muscles allow it to jump distances up to 200 times its body length. Flea infestations have had enormous consequences; fleas were the principal transmission agents of the bubonic plague in the medieval epidemics. flea beetle sand flea beach flea water flea; {i} small bloodsucking insect; The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P; See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea; Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically
flea bag: A disreputable place of accommodation
I stayed in this hotel last year, I hated it, it's a flea bag.
flea bag: A dog
flea bags: plural form of flea bag
flea circus: A miniature show which creates the illusion of performing fleas by mechanical means. Once a common circus sideshow
flea in one's ear: A stinging rebuke or rebuff
If he bothers me again, I'll send him home with a flea in his ear.
flea market: An outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios etc
flea markets: plural form of flea market
flea pit: A dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema
The term flea pit was not justified as the cinema turned out to be clean and well maintained.
flea-bitten: decrepit or dilapidated
flea-bitten: Infested with fleas
flea-ridden: Mangy; filthy
flea-ridden: Infested with fleas
flea bag: An inexpensive, run-down rental property such as an apartment or hotel
flea bag: (Slang) motel of a bad reputation; dog
flea bag: Slang term for a cheap, run-down property
flea bane: {i} plant that destroys or repels fleas
flea beetle: Any of various small beetles of the subfamily Alticinae that have hind legs adapted for jumping and feed on the foliage of certain plants. Any member of the beetle subfamily Alticinae (family Chrysomelidae), found worldwide. It is tiny (less than 0.25 in. [6 mm] long) and dark or metallic in colour. The enlarged hind legs are adapted for jumping. Flea beetles are important pests of cultivated plants (e.g., grapes, cucumbers, melons, tobacco, potatoes, and tomatoes). The adults feed on the leaves, the larvae on the roots. Some flea beetles carry plant diseases (e.g., early potato blight)
flea beetle: any small leaf beetle having enlarged hind legs and capable of jumping
flea bite: a very minor inconvenience sting inflicted by a flea
flea bite: {i} bite made by a flea; minor irritation; small irritating bite; extremely small inconvenience
flea bitten: {s} covered with fleas or bitten by fleas; (Slang) cheap and shabby, worn and run down; (Zoology) having a pale flecked coat (describing a horse that has a white or gray coat with reddish-brown flecks)
flea collar: A collar, as for a cat or dog, containing a substance that repels or kills fleas. a special collar, worn by a dog or cat, that contains chemicals to keep fleas away from them
flea market: A large area either outdoors or under a roof in which individuals lease spa the purpose of selling merchandise The merchandise sold is normally consumer oriented
flea market: A flea market is an outdoor market which sells cheap used goods and sometimes also very old furniture. A market, usually held outdoors, where antiques, used household goods, and curios are sold. a market where old or used goods are sold
flea market: The sale of used merchandise customarily involving tables or space leased or rented to vendors
flea market: an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles
flea market: open-air market, market where cheap or used goods are sold
flea pit: {i} (Informal) dirty old and run-down movie theatre; (Slang) flea house
sand flea: A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans; a chigoe
sand flea: Any of various small crustaceans of the order Amphipoda, that are found on beaches and jump like a flea
water flea: Any of various aquatic crustacea characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming; mostly species of Daphnia
A flea: lop
a flea in one's ear: rebuke
anti-flea powder: powder which prevents flea infestations
beach flea: Any of various small, jumping crustaceans of the family Orchestiidae, living on sandy beaches at or near the tide line. Also called sand hopper
beach flea: small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
cat flea: flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
dog flea: flea that attacks dogs and cats
fleas: plural of flea
fleas: siphonaptera
sand flea: or beach flea Hopping terrestrial crustacean (family Talitridae). The European sand flea (Talitrus saltator) is about 0.6 in. (1.5 cm) long. The long-horned sand flea (T. longicornis), found on the North American Atlantic coast, has antennae the same length as the waxy white body, up to 1 in. (2.5 cm) long. During the day, sand fleas lie buried near the high-tide mark; at night, they forage for organic debris. The common sand flea (Orchestia agilis, or platensis) lives along Atlantic coasts of Europe and the Americas
water flea: Any of various small aquatic crustaceans of the order Cladocera, especially the daphnid, that typically swim with jerking flealike motions. Any of about 450 species (order Anomopoda) of microscopic, mostly freshwater crustaceans distributed worldwide. Species in the genus Daphnia are ubiquitous in Europe and North America. Water fleas have a discrete head that bears antennae. The carapace (shell) encloses all or most of the body, except on the predatory giant Leptodora (up to 0.7 in. [18 mm] long), whose carapace is just a small brood sac. Most species swim by powerful strokes of the antennae, sometimes producing a hopping-and-sinking motion. All but a few predatory species use specialized thoracic limbs to filter organic matter from the water. See also copepod
water flea: Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts

flea

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fli

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/ˈflē/ /ˈfliː/

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[ 'flE ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-Germanic *flauxz (cf. West Frisian flie, Dutch vlo, German Floh), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis.

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