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FLEA-BEETLE

Definition: FLEA-BEETLE

FLEA-BEETLE

Noun

1. A small beetle of the family Halticidae, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: FLEA-BEETLE

English words defined with "FLEA-BEETLE": Cabbage beetleTurnip flea. (references)

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Rhyming with "FLEA-BEETLE"

Words rhyming with "FLEA-BEETLE" (pronounced 'Flea"-bee`tle'): Ant-cattle, Bluebottle, Flower-gentle, forecastle, Lick-spittle, Pittle-pattle, Prittle-prattle, Self-mettle, teakettle, Twittle-twattle. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FLEA-BEETLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-e-f-l-l-t"

-3 letters: fellate, leaflet.

-4 letters: ballet, beetle, befall, befell, beflea, feeble.

-5 letters: abele, allee, belle, betel, blate, bleat, elate, fable, fella, fetal, fleet, label, table, telae.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FLEA-BEETLE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4C 45 41 2D 42 45 45 54 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001100 01000101 01000001 00101101 01000010 01000101 01000101 01010100 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

F L E A - B E E T L E

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004C 0045 0041 002D 0042 0045 0045 0054 004C 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4046393515363939544639

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