Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Flea-beetle

Flea-beetle , noun

(Zoology) A small beetle of the family Halticida, 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.