flea
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flea/fliː/
▶noun a small wingless jumping insect which feeds on the blood of mammals and birds. [Pulex irritans (human flea) and other species, order Siphonaptera.]
– phrases
(as) fit as a flea in very good health.
a flea in one's ear a sharp reproof.
(as) fit as a flea in very good health.
a flea in one's ear a sharp reproof.
– origin OE flēa, flēah, of Gmc origin.
'flea' also found in these Oxford entries:
branchiopod
- chigger
- ectoparasite
- flea beetle
- flea-bitten
- flea collar
- flea market
- psyllium
- puce
- repellent
- sand flea
- ukulele
- water flea
