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Definition of flea noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flea

noun
 
/fliː/
 
/fliː/
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  1. a very small jumping insect without wings, that bites animals and humans and drinks their blood
    • The dog has fleas.
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.c1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + flea
    • get
    • have
    • be infested with
    • …
    flea + verb
    • bite
    • carry disease
    • spread disease
    • …
    flea + noun
    • bite
    • collar
    • powder
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English flēa, flēah, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlo and German Floh.
Idioms
with a flea in your ear
  1. if somebody sends a person away with a flea in their ear, they tell them angrily to go away
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