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fleaWingless insect of the order Siphonaptera, with blood-sucking mouthparts. Fleas are parasitic on warm-blooded animals. Some fleas can jump 130 times their own height. Species include the human flea Pulex irritans; the rat flea Xenopsylla cheopsis, the transmitter of plague and typhus; and (fostered by central heating) the cat and dog fleas Ctenocephalides felis and C. canis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Flea replied, "O my dear sir, pray spare my life, and destroy me not, for I cannot possibly do you much harm. Applied to any other creature than the Leviathan --to an ant or a flea --such portly terms might justly be deemed unwarrantably grandiloquent. Can't you see that we're both Pups in the Wood and the missis is the cruel uncle after you with the dish towel and me with the flea liniment and a pink bow to tie on my tail. |
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