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Flea vs Fleam - What's the difference?

flea | fleam |

As nouns the difference between flea and fleam

is that flea is a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities while fleam is a sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.

As a verb flea

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

flea

English

(wikipedia flea)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fle, from (etyl) (compare Latin (m)).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera , renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
  • A thing of no significance.
    • Derived terms
    * flea market * sand flea * sand fly * sandfly

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 74:
    • In this Thwackum had the advantage; for while Square could only scarify the poor lad's reputation, he could flea his skin [...].

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    fleam

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.

    • Hypernyms

    * (sharp instrument)

    Derived terms

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