FLEA
\flˈiː], \flˈiː], \f_l_ˈiː]\
Definitions of FLEA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To flay.
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An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.
By Oddity Software
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To flay.
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An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.
By Noah Webster.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A parasitic wingless insect, having limbs adapted for leaping and a head armed with blood sucking organs.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The order Siphonaptera of the class Insecta, being insects without wings and jointed, grooved, antennae. It is thought that they may transmit Trypanosoma Lewisi and the cysticerci of certain tapeworms to animals and they with certainty convey the bacillus of plague to human beings. The most important species are : the Dermatophilus penetrans or chigger, the Pulex irritans or man flea, and the Pulex cheopis or rat flea. The two latter species transmit bubonic plague from the infected rat to human beings.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] An insect of the genus Pulex, remarkable for its agility and troublesome bite.
