fleanoun [ C ]
uk/fliː/us/fliː/a very small jumping insect that feeds on the blood of animals and humans
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Insect names
- anopheles
- ant
- aphid
- beastie
- bedbug
- creepy-crawly
- daddy longlegs
- deathwatch beetle
- dragonfly
- earwig
- insect
- ladybird
- lice
- lightning bug
- locust
- silverfish
- stick insect
- termite
- tortoiseshell butterfly
- tsetse fly
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Examples from literature
- 'I wonder,' he went on, after a brief silence, 'how it is there are no fleas here?
- Do you notice any trace of fleas?
- It is a fine thing to be a flea on a lion.
- Now, the long fur heated and worried the dog constantly and the fleas nearly drove him mad.
Idiom(s)
send sb away with a flea in their ear