English noun: flea | |||
1. | flea (animal) any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon, insect | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cat flea, chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea, Ctenocephalides canis, Ctenocephalides felis, dog flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea, Pulex irritans, sticktight, sticktight flea, Tunga penetrans | ||
Member meronym | order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera | ||