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Definition of: flea

(fiē) noun
1. A wingless insect (order Siphonaptera), parasitic upon a mammal or a bird, and having a compressed body, limbs adapted for leaping, and a head armed with piercing mandibles and a suctorial proboscis. For illustration see under INSECT (injurious). ♦ Collateral adjective: pulicene.
2. One of several small beetles or crustaceans that jump like fleas, as a beach flea or sand hopper. ♦ Homophonerer: flee. [OE flēa. Akin to FLEE.]
—a flea in one's (or the) ear

A warning; caution; sometimes, an irritating reply or rebuff.

Most often used phrases:

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cat flea
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flea flicker

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Statistical data

"flea" has the frequency of use of 0.0011% on city-data.com forum

"flea" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on en.wikipedia.org.

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