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Flea-Beetle
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Flea-Beetle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/flea-beetle.html. 1828.