flea
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noun
a small wingless jumping insect which feeds on the blood of mammals and birds. It sometimes transmits diseases through its bite, including plague and myxomatosis.: 哺乳類と鳥類の血をエサとする小さい羽なしの跳ねる虫。噛むことを通して疫病や粘液腫症を含む病気を伝染させることがある。
〘虫〙 ノミ; (ノミのように跳ぶ)小虫
Order Siphonaptera: several families and many species, including the human flea (Pulex irritans) and the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis).
a water flea (see daphnia).: みじんこ
PHRASES
a flea in one's ear
a sharp reproof:
e.g. she expected to be sent away with a flea in her ear.
ORIGIN
Old English flēa, flēah, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlo and German Floh.