flea
n.
small bloodsucking insect
Flea
Flea is the
common name for any of the small wingless
insects of the
order Siphonaptera (some authorities use the name Aphaniptera because it is older, but
names above family rank need not follow the
ICZN rules of priority, so most taxonomists use the more familiar name). Fleas are external
parasites, living by
hematophagy off the
blood of
mammals and
birds. Genetic and morphological evidence indicates that they are descendants of the
Scorpionfly family
Boreidae, which are also flightless; accordingly it is possible that they will eventually be reclassified as a suborder within the
Mecoptera. In the past, however, it was most commonly supposed that fleas had evolved from the
flies (
Diptera), based on similarities of the larvae. In any case, all these groups seem to represent a
clade of closely related insect lineages, for which the names Mecopteroidea and Antliophora have been proposed.
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flea
Noun
1. any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
(hypernym) insect
(hyponym) Pulex irritans
(member-holonym) Siphonaptera, order Siphonaptera
Fleas
To dream of fleas, indicates that you will be provoked to anger and retaliation by the evil machinations of those close to you.
For a woman to dream that fleas bite her, foretells that she will be slandered by pretended friends. To see fleas on her lover, denotes inconstancy.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
fleas
false leafs