flea

The microscopic fleas can cling to fishing lines and survive in lake water at the base of your boat.

And it all began with a young model rooting through Paris flea markets to find something that made her feel good.

I grew up in New York and there was a Caldor that had a Sunday flea market.

Six months after he arrived in Paris, he found another high-wheeled bicycle in a flea market and bought that too.

A flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, from an infected little mammal—usually a rat—can hop from the dying rat onto a human and bite it.

With its famous flea market and cute shops, Eastern Market has always been a popular stop on the weekend.

On feeling the bite of the flea, thrust the part bitten immediately into boiling water.

W'en Brer Rabbit year 'im comin' he bounce 'roun' in dar same ez a flea in a piller-case, but 't aint do no good.

W'y, dat ar ole creetur aint never hurted a flea in all he born days—dat he aint,' sezee.

"I guess that's the best rabbit dog anywhere around here," he said, as a flea-bitten cur trotted past.

Old carpets, the sleeping places of cats or dogs or any dirty unswept corner may hold the eggs of the flea.