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any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap(n)
Synonyms: flea
Hyponyms: cat flea
chigger
chigoe
chigoe flea
ctenocephalides canis
ctenocephalides felis
dog flea
echidnophaga gallinacea
pulex irritans
sticktight
sticktight flea
tunga penetrans
Hypernyms: ectoparasite
ectozoan
ectozoon
epizoan
epizoon
insect
MemberMeronyms: order siphonaptera
siphonaptera
Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about 3 millimetres long, are usually brown, and have bodies that are "flattened" sideways or narrow, enabling them to move through their hosts' fur or feathers. They lack wings; their hind legs are extremely well adapted for jumping. Their claws keep them from being dislodged, and their mouthparts are adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. They can leap 50 times their body length, a feat second only to jumps made by another group of insects, the superfamily of froghoppers. Flea larvae are worm-like, with no limbs; they have chewing mouthparts and feed on organic debris left on their hosts' skin.