Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flea

1 sense of flea

Sense 1
flea -- (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)
       => insect -- (small air-breathing arthropod)
       => ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon -- (any external parasitic organism (as fleas))