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An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the gr…

A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and…

A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy…

A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.

A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…

One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.

See Chigoe.

small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of…

minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched a…

The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…

An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energeti…

A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle…

The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.

Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.

Obs. pl. of Flea.

A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.