- flea - any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
--1 is a kind of insect; ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon
--1 is a member of Siphonaptera, order Siphonaptera
--1 has particulars:Pulex irritans; dog flea, Ctenocephalides canis; cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis; chigoe, chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans; sticktight, sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea