Flea-beetle

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• Flea

  ·vt To <<Flay>>. II. Flea ·noun An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. F...

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• Flea

  David at the cave of Adullam thus addressed his persecutor Saul (1 Sam. 24:14): "After whom is the k...

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• Flea

  an insect but twice mentioned in Scripture, viz., in (1 Samuel 24:14; 26:20) Fleas are abundant in t...

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• Beetle

  ·vt To beat with a heavy mallet. II. Beetle ·vt A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavement...

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• Beetle

  (Heb. hargol, meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in Lev. 11:22, where it is obvious the w...

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• beetle

  A shipwright's heavy mallet for driving the wedges called reeming irons, so as to open the seams in ...

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• Beetle

  [Locust] ...

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• Flea-bite

  ·noun The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite. II. Flea-bite ·noun A trifling wound ...

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• Flea-bitten

  ·adj Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face. II. Flea-bitten ·adj White, flecked with minute dots...

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• Flea-louse

  ·noun A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psyll...

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• Water flea

  ·- Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphni...

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• flea bite

  A trifling injury. To send any one away with a flea in his ear; to give any one a hearty scolding. ...

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• sand-flea

  (Genus, orchestra. Leach.) A small crustacea common along the shores of Long Island, and other sandy...

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• beach-flea

  (Genus, orchestra. Leach.) A small crustacea common along the shores of Long Island, and other sandy...

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• flea-bane

  (Erigeron Canadense.) One of the most hardy and common weeds. It propagates itself rapidly, and sinc...

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• beach-flea

  A small crustacean (Talitra) frequenting sandy shores. ...

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• Ambrosia beetle

  ·add. ·- A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia. ...

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• Bark beetle

  ·- A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in t...

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• Beetle brow

  ·- An overhanging brow. ...

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• Beetle-browed

  ·- Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen. ...

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• Beetle-headed

  ·adj Dull; stupid. ...

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• Click beetle

  ·- ·see <<Elater>>. ...

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• Colorado beetle

  ·- A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has...

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• Fire beetle

  ·- A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central ...

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• Goliath beetle

  ·- Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles. ...

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• Tapestry beetle

  ·add. ·- A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, ...

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• Water beetle

  ·- Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the fam...

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• beetle-browed

  One having thick projecting eyebrows. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• beetle-headed

  Dull, stupid. ...

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• beetle-head

  A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...

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• reeming-beetle

  A caulker's largest mallet. ...

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• dover court beetle

  A heavy mallet. There is an old proverb: "A Dover court; all speakers and no hearers." "A Dover co...

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