Crossword-Solution: FLEA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Flea | v. t. | To flay. |
| Flea | n. | An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FLEA | anagram | AFLE, ALEF, EFLA, FELA, LAFE, LEAF |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with FLEA (5)
With his last breath he said to himself, “I am rightly served; for what business had I who had never handled a net to try and catch fish?” The Flea and the Wrestler A FLEA settled upon the bare foot of a Wrestler and bit him, causing the man to call loudly upon Hercules for help.
But Tom said he had read about railroads in England going nearly a hundred miles an hour for a little ways, and there never was a bird in the world that could do that—except one, and that was a flea.
But every Saturday morning the climax of the week is reached, when three superlatively good boys give him a nice lathery bath with hot water and flea soap.
Beach flea (Zo”l.), the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestid‘, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas.
The smug, steady, importunate flea from Holywell Street; the pert, jumping _puce_ from hungry France, the wary, watchful _pulce_ with his poisoned stiletto; the vengeful _pulga_ of Castile with his ugly knife; the German _floh_ with his knife and fork, insatiate, not rising from table; whole swarms from all the Russias, and Asiatic hordes unnumbered—all these were there, and all rejoiced in one great international feast.
Quotes with FLEA (3)
That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea.
One often hears of writers that rise and swell with their subject, though it may seem but an ordinary one. How, then, with me, writing of this Leviathan? Unconsciously my chirography expands into placard capitals. Give me a condor's quill! Give me Vesuvius' crater for an inkstand! Friends, hold my arms! For in the mere act of penning my thoughts of this Leviathan, they weary me, and make me faint with their out-reaching comprehensiveness of sweep, as if to include the whole c…
It is a cliche that human beings are fascinated by size--mountain peaks, high buildings, and whales. We are also amazed by miniatures--a flea on a mouse, a flea on a trapeze, the Last Supper carved on the head of a pin.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 583 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).