Definitions
any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
Word origin
From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plus- (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).
Used in a sentence
“The nation of beggars on horseback which first colonized California has left behind it many traditions unworthy of conservation, and multitudinous fleas not at all traditional, but even less keepworthy […]”
“I have seen a Lubra, or native woman, suckling two puppies; and, like monkeys, these ladies have a particular fancy for fleaing their dogs.”
“[…] he'd flea me alive like another St Bartholomew.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Small jumping bug”4 letters
02“Tiny jumping insect”4 letters
03“Tiny jumping pest”4 letters
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