n :  any of the order Siphonaptera comprising wingless bloodsucking insects that have a hard laterally compressed body and legs adapted to leaping and that feed on warm-blooded animals - see CAT FLEA CHIGOE1 DOG FLEA RAT FLEA SAND FLEA STICKTIGHT FLEA  .
 
 
 
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