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FLEA BITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flea bite mean?
• FLEA BITE (noun)
The noun FLEA BITE has 2 senses:
1. sting inflicted by a flea
2. a very minor inconvenience
Familiarity information: FLEA BITE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sting inflicted by a flea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("flea bite" is a kind of...):
bite; insect bite; sting (a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A very minor inconvenience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("flea bite" is a kind of...):
inconvenience; troublesomeness; worriment (a difficulty that causes anxiety)
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