Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fleabeetle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flea-beetle \Flea"-bee`tle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small beetle of the family {Halticid[ae]}, of many species.
They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The
turnip flea-beetle ({Phyllotreta vittata}) and that of the
grapevine ({Graptodera chalybea}) are common injurious
species.
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