Flea-beetle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flea-beetle \Flea"-bee`tle\, n. (Zool.)
     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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