Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any one of many species of leaping thysanurous insects which inhabit, rich earth.

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Examples

  • His species is ineradicable like that of the ground-flea; the last man liveth longest.

    Thus Spake Zarathustra 1885

  • His species is ineradicable like that of the ground-flea; the last man liveth longest.

    Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872

  • His species is ineradicable like that of the ground-flea; the last man liveth longest.

    FJ's Blog 2009

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