Common Meanings
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gè虼
Flea; a small, brownish, jumping insect that lives as a parasite on warm-blooded animals, feeding on their blood, and can transmit diseases such as plague.
夏天到了，家里的宠物可能会招来一些虼蚤。
Summer is here, and household pets might attract some fleas.
When pronounced 'gè', '虼' is often used in '虼螂' (gèláo), referring to a dung beetle.
那只虼螂在地上滚动粪球。
That dung beetle is rolling a ball of dung on the ground.